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Alicia Keys welcomes second child

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Obama: Longest war in US history is ending

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Object spotted in sea not from AirAsia plane: Indonesian VP

LOS ANGELES — Alicia Keys gave birth to son Genesis Ali Dean early Saturday morning. It’s baby number two for the Grammy-winner and husband, producer-rapper Swizz Beatz, who are also parents to 4-year-old Egypt Daoud.

The 33-year-old singer shared the news on her Instagram account, Sunday, with a photo of Genesis’s footprints.

The image also details that the baby was born at 1:52 a.m. and weighs 6 pounds, 5 ounces (2.86 kilograms).

Keys expressed excitement in her social media captions, saying that “the joy of joy is joy” and that she is grateful. (ap)

JAKARTA - An object spotted during a sea search for an AirAsia plane was not from the 100 miles (160 kilometers) off cenaircraft, Indonesia’s vice president said Monday, after reports that an Australian surveillance tral Kalimantan. That’s about 700 miles (1,120 kilometers) from the aircraft had found something.

Cyndi Lauper’s South Korea concerts canceled

Chris Rock and wife headed for divorce LOS ANGELES — Comedian Chris Rock filed for divorce from his wife Malaak Compton-Rock, a statement from his representative confirmed Sunday.

The statement went on to specify that Rock and his family request privacy as they go through this process because it is a personal matter.

Rock and philanthropist Malaak Compton-Rock had been married for 19 years and have two daughters, Lola Simone, 12, and Zahra Savannah, 10. (ap)

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SEOUL - Cyndi Lauper, an American pop star of the 1980s, has canceled her planned concerts in South Korea to mark the 30th anniversary of her debut solo album, a local organizer said Sunday.

Lauper planned to hold two concerts at Seoul’s Olympic Park on Jan. 23-24 as part of the “She’s So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour” that began in June 2013 and has taken her to 56 cities around the world.

“The decision has been made in consultation with the artist,” YESCOM Entertainment said, without giving a specific reason.

Industry watchers said lackluster ticket sales may be responsible for

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the cancellation.

The 61-year-old pop star held her first concert in South Korea in 1989.

Lauper surged to stardom in 1983 with her debut album that sold 30 million copies worldwide.

She has established herself as a pop icon, winning awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tony Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards.

In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy for best theater musical album for the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots,” which she composed and wrote the music for. (ant)

“It has been checked and no sufficient evidence was found to confirm what was reported,” Jusuf Kalla told a press conference at Surabaya airport from where the ill-fated plane departed.

Kalla said there were 15 ships and 30 aircraft searching the area.

“It is not an easy operation in the sea, especially in bad weather like this,” he said.

Indonesian Air Force spokesman Hadi Tjahjanto told AFP the search was now focused on a patch of oil spotted off Belitung island in the Java Sea. “We are making sure whether it was avtur (aviation fuel) from the AirAsia plane or from a vessel because that location is a shipping line,” he said.

Australia, Singapore and Malaysia have deployed planes and ships to assist in the Indonesian search for Flight QZ8501, which disappeared over the Java Sea on Sunday en route to Singapore.

Oily Spot

An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw two oily spots in the water Monday, and an Australian search plane spotted objects elsewhere in the Java Sea, but it was too early to know whether either was connected to the aircraft and its 162 passengers and crew.

In any case, officials saw little reason to believe AirAsia Flight 8501 met anything but a grim fate after it disappeared from radar Sunday morning over the Java Sea.

Wary of bad weather, one of the pilots had asked to raise the plane’s altitude just before it vanished, but was not allowed because another aircraft was in the way.

“Based on the coordinates that we know, the evaluation would be that any estimated crash position is in the sea, and that the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” Indonesia search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said.

The Airbus A320-200 vanished in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.

Jakarta’s Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto said an Australian Orion aircraft had detected “suspicious” objects near Nangka island about

location where the plane lost contact, but within Monday’s greatly expanded search area.

“However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane,” Putranto said. “We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions.”

Air Force spokesman Rear Marshal Hadi Tjahnanto told MetroTV that an Indonesian helicopter spotted two oily spots in the Java Sea east of Belitung island, much closer to where the plane lost contact than the objects viewed from the Australian plane.

He said oil samples would be collected and analyzed to see if they are connected to the missing plane.

The last communication from the cockpit to air traffic control was a request by one of the pilots

to increase altitude from 32,000 feet (9,754 meters) to 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) because of the rough weather. Air traffic control was not able to immediately grant the request because another plane was in the airspace, said Bambang Tjahjono, director of the stateowned company in charge of airtraffic control.

By the time clearance could be given, Flight 8501 had disappeared, Tjahjono said. The twinengine, single-aisle plane, which never sent a distress signal, was last seen on radar four minutes after the last communication from the cockpit.

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Flight altitudes AirAsia flight QZ8501, which lost contact with air traffic controllers during a flight from Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday, had been flying lower than several other airliners in the vicinity. The plane disappeared five minutes after its request to increase altitude to avoid clouds had been turned down due to traffic in the area.

IN THE AREA

Seven other planes, including two other AirAsia jets on a similar route, were nearby when flight QZ8501 lost contact at 06:17 local time Sunday.

FLIGHT LEVELS

At time of QZ8501’s disappearance, in thousands of feet 38 37

AirAsia 550 Bali to Kuala Lumpur

Lion Air 720

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Lion Air 763

AirAsia 8501 (Last known location)

Lion Air 626 Emirates 409

AirAsia 502 Bali to Singapore

Lion Air 626

Lion Air 720

Emirates 409

Garuda 531

AirAsia 550

Lion Air 763

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Garuda 531

AirAsia 502

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Jakarta Surabaya

An object spotted during a sea search for an AirAsia plane was not from the aircraft, Indonesia’s vice president said Monday, after reports that an Australian surveillance aircraft had found something.

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Banjar hot springs thronged by visitors

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Indonesian Minister for Small and Middle Class Industry AA Ngurah Puspayoga accompanied by Sri Rahayu, The coordinator of Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara looking at the paiting exhibited in the event

Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara Provide Space for Art and Culture Denpasar, Bali Post

Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara is officially opened by Indonesian Minister for Small and Middle Class Industry AA Ngurah Puspayoga along with The Head of Bali Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) who also and elder in Puri Ubud and The Head of Bali Post Media Group who is also The Head of Dharma Naradha Foundation ABG Satria Naradha on Sunday, December 28.

The opening of the place was marked by playing Balinese traditional puppet or Wayang. Pupayoga also signed a wood symbolizing that the place could become the area to develop small industries in Bali. “I’ve come here very often. There is a great culinary market every Sunday and I know the development of Shankara since the beginning,” he added.

Puspayoga also hope that

the place can be an example for other place to do the same so the art and culture in Bali can be preserved and also the Balinese small industries can develop.

Meanwhile, Cokorda Artha Ardana Sukawati or often called Cok Ace stated that Shankara is different with the other restaurant because it also provide cultural show and also act as gallery. “The restaurant can add the attraction of Sanur as one of

the favorite tourism destination in Bali,” he added.

During the opening ceremony there were various performances such as Pendet Dance, fashion show from recycled materials, music from Planet Bamboo and performance by a child “dalang” I Made Duwung Bandanagara from Desa Tunjuk, Tabanan. There is also paintings exhibition from Antonius Kho and I Made Somadita. (kmb32)

SINGARAJA - Following the feast days of Galungan and Kuningan this year, some tourist attractions in Buleleng seemed to be thronged by visitors. Most of the visitors were local and domestic travelers.

One such attraction was the hot springs at Munduk hamlet, Banjar village, Banjar subdistrict. Over the holidays, the hot springs, which are believed to have healing powers, were quite crowded with over 1000 visitors, mostly from Jakarta and Surabay with very few foreign tourits..

Banjar Hot Spring Manager, Ida Kade Mangku, said the tourist visits on the Galungan and Kuningan feast days were slightly less than last year possibly due to recent heavy rains..

“Despite being crowded this year, it is nonethelss less than last year.

We hope there will be more visitors

for New Years celebrations” he said.

There were also crowds at the other attractions in Buleleng such as at the project area of Titab Reservoir, Busungbiu subdistrict. Although it is still under construction the site was still busy with people lounging around and enjoying the view of and atmosphere of the valley which has just begun to be flooded.

Eka, a visitor from Tabanan, said that he visited the Titab Reservoir because it was relatively close to his home, so that it did not require any great expense holyday receration.

Also Eka and his familywere curious to see the dam building because so far they had only seen it on the news.

In fact, this place is quite interesting.

Moreover, our area is very far frm other tourist attractions, so that this place is great destination for family recreation,” he said. (kmb38)

Due to thunderstorm

Fishermen go home empty-handed

NEGARA - A storm occurred in the Straits of Bali over past week, has caused fishermen in Jembrana go home empty-handed. Such conditions caused fishermen to shore faster than usual, prioritizing their safety over potential catches.

“We have been going home without fish for two days due to the thunderstorm (at sea),” said Andi, one of the crew members of the Purse Seine fishing boat from Pengambengan, Monday (Dec 29). As a result of the storm, the boat had troble navigating its way home. Other than being tossed by sea waves, our visibility was also limited due to heavy rain. At that time, a shoal of fish usually seen on the surface suddenly vanished.

The crews of fishing boast were also reluctant to throw their nets, afraid that their nets would be damaged due to crashing waves. According to Andi, the storm at sea was difficult to predict.

Such conditions were also recognized Captain. Bisri, who revealed that he often encounters storms at sea, so that he just could resigns.

When facing such conditions, he

asks his crew to turn off the engine and let the boat go with the flow. If not, the boat could be damaged or dragged down or get los at seat. They would only turn the engine back when the boat was wahed toward shore so as to avoid running aground. During storms, fishing is put on hold.

Meanwhile, traditional fishermen at Perancak and Cupel simply go home when they see indications of a storm.

They are at greater risk because their boats are small and their engine power slight. “As soon as we see signs of a storm, we immediately return to shore.

Usually we cluster at sea and watch each other,” said Wayan Armawa, one of the traditional fishermen.

Indeed, it is also trying to make their way back to shore. Large waves can easily capsize theri boats.

“Capsizing is commonplace, it’s the risk we take. But the most painful is when the engine and fishing gear lost,” added Sukari, a fisherman from Air Kuning. Even if they safely reach the beach in safety, if their gear is lost it is a very profound disapointment. (kmb26)

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Alana Hotel to open in Yogyakarta JAKARTA - After the success of Indonesia’s first Alana Hotel in Surabaya, Archipelago International now has its sights set on Yogyakarta for the growth of its contemporary 4-star Alana brand, with the unveiling of The Alana Hotel & Convention Center – Yogyakarta set to open in February 2015. With a number of modern meetings and MICE facilities and the largest ball room the area, the hotel will be the biggest convention center hotel in the region and further establish Yogyakarta as Indonesia’s best convention destination after Bali.

Alana Hotels, which take their name from the Hawaiian word for “precious”, are a brainchild of Archipelago International, the Indonesian-based hotel operator with Hawaiian roots well know for popular hotel labels as Aston, favehotel, Hotel NEO and HARPER. Conceptualized as sophisticated yet friendly 4 star designer hotels, the Alana brand offers both style and unprecedented levels of service to its guests.

Bringing the signature Alana feel to the city, The Alana Hotel & Convention

Center – Yogyakarta will be located within Mataram City, Yogyakarta’s most ambitious mixed-used development complex which consists of the Alana Hotel, its top notch Convention Centers and a lifestyle mall. Easy to access, the hotel is also conveniently close to Adisucipto International airport, Borobudur, Jalan Malioboro and the city center.

The hotel will feature 269 rooms and suites over three room types, each one adorned with a timeless contemporary

design that captures an admiration for Javanese traditions. For meeting planners and large scale event organizers, the convention facilities include 10 meeting rooms and a superb ballroom that can accommodate up to 2000 persons. For both business and pleasure, the hotel will also boast a coffee shop and a lounge, as well as an outdoor swimming pool, a spa and a gym for downtime.

“We at Archipelago International are very excited to be opening soon another

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New year, new ambience

Tourism does not only focus on services but also facilities leading to the ‘need and want’. It’s the principle of General Manager of the Grand Inna Kuta Hotel, I Ketut Wirya Negara.

“Yes, we would like to give a new touch to comfort and convenience of guests,” he said.

Wirya Negara delivered that when guests spent holidays in Bali, they wanted to relax and enjoy their holidays. Similarly, their need also varied, so it was important to meet their ‘want.’ “This hotel has actually owned a spa. However, to make guests more satisfied, we did improvisation and developed it further,” he said.

Meanwhile, the gym, he added, would provide additional facilities so that guests would not easily get bored.

The hotel was located near the beach and those who came mostly for holidays. “The presence of gym at hotel can give an additional and good image. Moreover, guests coming to Bali are not just staying at hotel and having

an excursion, but also wishing to be healthy and relaxed,” he explained.

Aside from the spa and gym having close relation to the ‘want’ of tourists, Wirya Negara stated there were other important things highly supporting the tourism, namely the environment.

“Comfort, cleanliness and security include the ‘need’ of tourists. They come here for a holiday. So, when they are encountering congestion and rubbish, it will certainly have a negative impact on tourism,” he said.

Then, how about the quality of hotel? This friendly man from Tabanan delivered he would continue to manage, maintain and even increase it. “Taking care of the hotel is almost the same as taking care of a region.

At hotel, people come from different parts of the world. Therefore, we do not only need to improve the quality of products and services, but also the hospitality. Guests will not be happy when they are treated with bad mood,” he said. (ocha)

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Alana Hotel here in Yogyakarta. This vibrant, cultural city is the perfect location for the hotel’s contemporary MICE facilities, and since it is set to become the largest convention centre hotel in Yogya, we are confident that the hotel will help cater to the growing business market in the region.” Said Mr. Norbert Vas, VP of Sales & Marketing Archipelago International.

In addition to the Alana in Yogyakarta, Archipelago has also two large scale Alana Hotels in the pipeline for Bogor and Solo set to open towards year end of 2015. (r)

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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Dutch scientists use smell to recreate JFK, Diana and other famous deaths BREDA, Netherlands - Dutch scientists are recreating the deaths of some of the world’s most famous personalities by reconstructing their last moments using scents and sounds.

From the sweet smell of Jacqueline Kennedy’s perfume mingled with the scent of John F. Kennedy’s blood to Whitney Houston’s last drug-fuelled moments in a Beverly Hills bathtub, scientists at Breda university say they offer visitors a unique, if somewhat macabre, historical snapshot.

“We all have seen the images of JFK’s assassination, but what did it smell like?” asks Frederik Duerinck, from the communication and multimedia design faculty of Breda’s Avans university of applied sciences.

To find out, visitors with a sense of the morbid are invited to lie in a series of four silver metal boxes similar to those found in a morgue.

The boxes, which are pitch-dark inside, are rigged with pipes leading to bottles containing pressurised smells.

A soundtrack is played and on queue different scents are released into the box to recreate a specific “final moment.”

For around five minutes, visitors can relive the smells and sounds believed to have surrounded four people whose deaths are etched into the world’s collective memory: Kennedy (1963); Princess Diana (1997); Moamer Kadhafi (2011) and Whitney Houston (2012).

For instance, those wanting to experience Houston’s final moments are transported to a bathtub at the upmarket Beverly Hills hotel where the diva died in February 2012 at age 48.

A coroner ruled that the singing legend died of accidental drowning, with cocaine and heart disease

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memory.

Odours are often used in the retail industry to trigger a buying mood in customers.

In the coming months the installation will be taken across Europe.

“We’ve conducted extensive research,” said Wander Eikenboom, another lecturer at Avans about the authenticity of the experience.

“There’s already a lot of information available on the Internet, such as what perfume Jackie Kennedy or JFK were wearing,” said Eikenboom.

“Whitney Houston’s autopsy report for instance, is also available,” he added.

But the scientists admit battling to recreate the right scent for Jackie

Gengo Tanaka from Japan’s Kumamoto University, who co-authored the study in the journal Nature Communications.

It is rare for palaeontologists to find eye remains, as the soft tissue generally decays within 64 days, the authors of the study said.

However, the Hamilton Quarry in Kansas is a treasure trove of unusually well-preserved fossils -- an entire ecosystem having been rapidly buried under sediment.

They included the extinct fish

Acanthodes bridgei -- among the oldest known vertebrates with jaws.

It had a long, streamlined body and fins with spines, is believed to have lived in shallow, brackish water, and died out at the end of the Permian period about 250 million years ago when nearly 90 percent of species disappeared in the largest extinction in Earth’s history.

An A. bridgei specimen found at the quarry retained elements of the original eye colour and shape,

TIF presents cultural wealth of the archipelago

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TIF Fashion Shows Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) remained vivacious to resume the activities. It presented various cultural wealth of the archipelago during the event that held from December 24 until 31, 2014. Fashion shows that performed during the event are main attraction for visitors who curious about the traditional clothes of seven provinces that participate in the TIF.

One by one of the seats looked to be occupied after the MC announced if the event would soon start. Appearance of Balawan with his ethnic fusion opened the event vivaciously. Simple appearance but the music could arouse the passion.

The longer, the more vibrant the atmosphere was felt.

“We’d just like to show the best performance owned by this archipelago,” said Herlinda Siahaan, President Director of PT Konderatu Duta Nusantara. She continued, “No matter who is watching, we just want to show off our seriousness in displaying the cultural wealth of the archipelago,” she added.

Meanwhile, the Konderatu Beach Club also served typical

Appearance of Balawan with his ethnic fusion. cuisines of the archipelago perfectly packed with magnificent nuances of Indonesia.

After that, it was resumed with fashion show featuring the wealth of the archipelagic clothes designed

by Yoyo Prasetyo. First appearance was showing off the Balinese woven clothes known as endek.

Furthermore, the presentation of coastal batik was accompanied with the strains of music. All the models

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walked and swung while demonstrating the elegance of woven fabric belonging to East Nusa Tenggara. Similarly, the Ulos clothes were also equally stunning.

Balawan came again to present his music and song. Ultimately, it was the turn of fashion show of products designed by Monica Weber nicely wrapping the body of the models swinging on the stage. (may)

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Seafood dominates the culinary presentation at TIF

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Kennedy’s perfume, which is no longer made. “We had to rebuild something that resembled it as closely as possible,” said scientist Mark Meeuwenoord.

The inventors of the “final mo-

ments” smells said in any case, exact historical accuracy was not their aim.

Rather, they wanted to explore new ways of “smelling” old stories. (afp)

Fish eye sheds light on colour vision PARIS - A fish eye from a primitive time when Earth was but one single continent, has yielded evidence of colour vision dating back at least 300 million years, researchers said.

Analysing the fossilised remains of a fish from the “spiny shark” family that lived long before the dinosaurs, scientists discovered light-sensing “rod” and “cone” eye cells -- the oldest ever found.

“This is the first discovery of vertebrate retinal fossils,” said

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MANGUPURA - On day five, the Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) remained vivacious to resume the activities.

It presented various cultural wealth of the archipelago, Sunday (Dec 28). A variety of the cultural richness of the archipelago from East Kalimantan, Bali and East Java were performed at the open stage.

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listed as contributing factors.

To the sounds of splashing water and Houston’s voice, a visitor first gets a whiff of generic cleaner, used in hotels around the world, followed by the olive oil the singer used in her tub.

Then a strong chemical odour, similar to that of cocaine fills the box, grabbing its occupant by the throat, followed by the sound of rushing water and then silence.

“Smell is rarely used in communication and we wanted to explore its uses,” said Duerinck. “It’s a very powerful means of communication.”

Scientists have proved that smells are linked to the part of the brain that regulates emotion and

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and a light-absorbing pigment in the retina.

The remains had been preserved under a thin coating of phosphate, Tanaka told AFP. Analysis of the tissue “provides the first record of mineralised rods and cones in a fossil,” said the study.

These, combined with lightabsorbing melanin pigments, suggested the fish was “probably” able to see in low light using highlysensitive rod cells, and by day using

cone cells.

In modern animals, cone cells respond individually to light at specific wavelengths, thus allowing observation of different colours.

“The presence of cones indicates that A. bridgei likely possessed colour vision”, the study said -- though conclusive evidence is needed.

Vision is thought to have existed for at least 520 million years, but this is the first direct evidence of colour-sensitive receptors. (afp)

MANGUPURA - Seafood was the most dominant menu served daily at the Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) taking place on December 24-31.

Herlinda Siahaan, President Director of PT Konderatu Duta Nusantara, confirmed the matter. It was also supported by the venue of the Timeless Indonesia Festival strategically located by the sea. On that account, seafood was the main menu on every dish cooked in appropriate with traditional food seasoning of each province. “Yes, the dominant menu was seafood cooked pursuant to typical traditional seasoning of every province,” she said Monday (Dec 29).

At the opening ceremony of the TIF on Wednesday (Dec 24), the invited guests were served with menus dominated by seafood cuisine. Surely, the taste of Indonesia dominated every menu. Some menu contents such as fried flour-coated shrimp, fried calamari and spicy seasoning little tuna embellished the table of the buffet menu. As the dessert, assorted tropical fruits including pineapple, watermelon and melon mixed together into a drink were served so that it was similar to cocktails.

Herlinda Siahaan also explained the distinctive cuisines served each day were according to the province featured on that day. “Every day, we present a unique culinary treasure of this

archipelago in accordance with the province making a performance,” she said Monday (Dec 29). Then, she added if the cuisine was cooked by chef of Konderatu and the province featured on the day.

Billions of rupiahs

The organizer of the Timeless Indonesia Festival held during a week prepared the budget worth billions of rupiahs to make the event a success. “With the investment, we hope to draw tourist arrival to Bali during the implementation of the festival,” said Herlinda.

In addition, she also wished there would be transactions on a number of typical handicrafts coming from the seven provinces taking part in the Timeless Indonesia Festival. She added the festival held for the first time on the Island of the Gods was followed by seven provinces namely the East Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, North Sumatra, North Sulawesi, East Java, South Sulawesi and Bali as the host. “This festival will become a gateway to promote tourism potential of Indonesia,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Section Head of the Development and Cultural Arts, the Bontang Government Tourism Office, East Kalimantan, Diah Rahmawati during the press gathering recently said that she was proud of participating in the Timeless Indonesia Festival in Bali. “This is

Schedule of TIF December 30 - 31, 2014

------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date Event Time Place -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 30 Showing tourism and culinary East Java

potential of East Java 10.00-16.00 Stage

Dinner 17.30-18.30

Performance of ethnic music,

dance, fashion show 19.00-21.00

Closing 21.00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 31 Showing tourism and culinary North Sumatera

potential of North Sumatera 10.00-16.00 Stage

Dinner 17.30-18.30

Performance of ethnic music,

dance, fashion show 19.00-21.00

Closing 21.00 a golden opportunity for promoting our tourism potential so as to attract more travelers to visit the town of Bontang,” she said.

Her party showcase a number of distinctive art creations owned by Bontang and a number of other unique handicrafts. (may)

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Bali asks for 10 percent of tourism revenue

DENPASAR - Foreign exchange contributions by Bali from the tourism sector are considerable, amounting to more than IDR 40 trillion each year. However, all of this revenue is handed over to the central government, while Bali gets nothing from this tourism revenue.

According to Wiryatama, Bali This reality has caused the ments should be not limited to government of Bali to propose a discourse but should have real is greatly harmed by the present revision of Law No.13/2004 on follow-up. “We the law will law on Financial Balancing of the Financial Balancing of Cen- actually be reviesed and not just Central and Local Governments that allows for excatly nothing to tral and Local Governments. With talked about” he said. this revision Bali would request 10 percent or approximately IDR 4 trillion per year of the tourism revenue to be returned to Bali. “ The government of Bali has sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs requesting a change or revision of the Law( No.13/2004) concerning the Financial Balancing of Central and Local Governments,” said the Head of Bali Revenue Services, Wayan Suarjana).

Until now, the Law on Financial Balancing of Central and Local Governments only provided the distribution or financial balancing of the natural resources sector (such as mining) redistributing 10 percent of revenues to local governments. However, Bali does not produce profits from natural resources, but does produce consideerable amounts of revenue in the toursim sector without receivign any returns Because it has yet to be set forth in the law, Bali has requested a percentage of the revenues from tourism services.

“The law only mentions giving a 10 percent distribution of revenue to regions that have natural resources. So, we expect the law to be revised so that we can be given 10-percent of the revenue from the tourism sector per year,” said Suarjana, adding that the provincial government was still waiting for a reply from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Chairman of the Bali House, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, confirmed that the fight to revise the law on Financial Balancing of the Central and Local Govern- The tourists are enjoying the beautiful view of the ricefield.

be shared with Bali.

Given such conditions, he invited the governor of Bali and legislators in the Bali House and Central House to seriously fight for the revision of the Law No.13/2004 concerning Financial Balancing of Local and Central

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Governments. In this way Bali could receive considerable financial balancing as a result of gains from the tourism sector which thus far have contributed a huge amount of foreign exchange for the country. “We should be able to get getting financial balancing according to the capital of the region namely the cultural tourism,” said Adi Wiryatama doubling as Secretary of the PDI-P Bali.

He hopes that the legislators in the Bali House and Central House will guard and fight for the proposed revisions to the law. If it such accomadations could be made, Bali would receive extra funding worth IDR 4 trillion per year that could be used to accelerate development in Bali.

“Legislators in the provinces and in the center should jointly initiate the revision of this law, and not remain solely focused on local matters. We must be able to convince the central government to approve the revision of the law,” said the former regent of Tabanan.

He also urged the government of Bali and the people’s representatives to seriously fight for the revision of the law that currently ignores the conditions and needs of Bali. Under the present law, the establishment of the Province of Bali is combined with the NTT and NTB. “Bali’s struggle to demand rights from the central government must be done diplomatically, not anarchically and sporadically. Such a struggle be fought consistently. We must not let ourselves be overlooked or be lulled into complainsance by being lauded for good tourism in Bali without actually gainning anything concrete” said Adi Wiryatama who received the highest number of votes in the current legislative elections for the Bali House. (kmb29)

Avalanche, dozens of vehicles get stuck

GIANYAR - Disaster alerts were declared for the entire region of Gianyar following disasters hitting the regions. After heavy rains engulfed Gianyar over the past few days, people were evaluated on Sunday (Dec 28), dozens of vehicles were stuck after an avalanche occurred that closed the road between Buahan - Payangan.

12 hours of rain on Saturday made soil conditions unstable.

The evacuation resulting form the avalanche on the Buahan-Payangan road section took up to 6 hours. Officers of the Gianyar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) deployed early in the morning were only able to reopen the road around 07:00 on Sunday morning. Dozens of vehicles were stuck at Buahan because the road had a quite steep terrain.

As a result, many vehicles from Buahan wishing to go to Payangan

were trapped by the avalanche.

Aside from the avalanche, the Payangan area also suffered damages to infrastructure caused by flooding. The Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) intake pump was flooded by mud. Managing Director of the PDAM Gianyar, Made Sastra Kencana, admitted that the made in Malaysia intake pump station could deliver around 100 liters per second for the area of Payangan, Ubud,

Gianyar and Sukawati. “Hopefully, the water supply from the pump station at Tempus River can return to normal tomorrow,” he said.

Other than Payangan, volatility in soil conditions also occurred at Mas village, Ubud, also causing avalanches. The Head of Gianyar Disaster Mitigation Agency, Anak Agung Oka Digjaya, said the avalanche at Mas village caused a motorcycle owned by local resident

parked in the north of Dalem Pule Temple to be swept away by the avalanche and was then found to be buried in the river. Ultimately, it could be successfully evacuated.

In addition, a building owned by Headman of Mas was partially eroded. Similar avalanches also occurred at Bayad hamlet, Sebatu village and Mancawarna village, Tampaksiring subdistrict. (kmb16)

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Obama: Longest war in US history is ending

HONOLULU — President Barack Obama says the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion. Obama is welcoming the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan. The war came to a formal end Sunday with a ceremony in Kabul.

Obama says in a statement that the effort has devastated alQaida’s core leadership, brought justice to Osama bin Laden and disrupted terrorist plots. He says U.S. troops and diplomats have

helped Afghans reclaim their communities and move toward democracy.

Obama is also honoring the more than 2,200 Americans who have died in Afghanistan since the

war started 13 years ago. Obama says those years have tested the U.S. and its military. From a peak 140,000 troops in 2010, the U.S. and NATO plan to leave just 13,500 behind.(ap)

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FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, a surveillance camera is seen in front of the Google China headquarters in Beijing, China. Connections to Google Inc.’s popular email service have been blocked in China amid efforts by the government to limit access to the company’s services.

Traffic to Gmail from China cut, regulators suspected

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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Monday, Dec. 15, 2014.

Turkish cargo ship sinks in Adriatic, 2 dead, 4 missing

ROME — A Turkish cargo ship collided with another merchant vessel and sank near a foggy Italian port in the northern Adriatic on Sunday, killing two crew members and leaving four others missing in cold, rough seas, officials said.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Franco Maltese said six crew members were initially rescued and brought to the port of Marina di Ravenna;

one of those rescued later died in the hospital. He said searchers spotted what was believed to be a corpse in the choppy waters, and Ravenna’s fire department confirmed that that body was found and brought ashore.

The search for the four still missing was suspended due to darkness. The 86-meter-long (290-foot) Turkish ship Gokbel

went down after colliding with the 97-meter (320-foot) Belizeflagged Lady Aziza, which was still seaworthy and was being brought to port as part of the investigation, Maltese said. No one was hurt aboard the Lady Aziza.

The Gokbel was leaving port and the Lady Aziz was entering when the collision occurred, he said.(ap)

BEIJING — Connections to Google Inc.’s popular email service have been blocked in China amid efforts by the government to limit access to the company’s services. Records from Google’s Transparency Report show online traffic from China to Gmail dropped to nearly zero on Saturday, although there was a tiny pickup on Monday.

Calls to the regulator, the China Internet Information Office, were unanswered Monday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying did not confirm the block but said China welcomes foreign investors who legally conduct business in China.

Google closed its mainland China search engine in 2009, saying it would no longer cooperate with the country’s censors. That followed hacking attacks traced

to China aimed at stealing the company’s operating code and breaking into email accounts.

Since then, access to Google services has been periodically limited or blocked, possibly in an effort to encourage Chinese users of Google products to shift to domestic companies willing to cooperate with the government.

Web access to Gmail has been blocked since June, according to Greatfire.org, a China-based advocacy group for Internet freedom, but users had been able to access the service through mobile apps or third-party email software such as Microsoft Outlook until the current block.

Taj Meadows, a spokesman for Google Asia Pacific, said Google has checked its email service and “there’s nothing technically wrong on our end.”(ap)

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Shell waste crafts of Serangan Island

AirAsia shares lose 8% in Malaysia after jet disappears

KUALA LUMPUR - Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent in Kuala Lumpur on Monday after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.

The firm slumped 12 percent to 2.60 ringgit at the open but recovered slightly to sit at 2.71 ringgit, still down 7.82 percent, at 0600 GMT. The Airbus disappeared en route to Singapore from Surabaya in Indonesia’s east Java after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather. Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency said it is likely at the bottom of the sea.

A local broker told AFP investors were continuing to sell AirAsia shares. But selling pressure appeared to be abating as they digested the fact that the missing plane belonged to the Malaysian firm’s Indonesian unit.

Shukor Yusof, founder of aviation research firm Endau Analytics, said investors and creditors would remain firmly behind AirAsia and its CEO Tony Fernandes, who transformed a floundering carrier into Asia’s most

successful budget airline.

“The market reaction is quite natural. I am not surprised,” he said.

“I think investor confidence will return quickly since the airline has a solid business model.”

Indonesia resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn Monday for the Airbus A320-200 plane that went missing in the Java Sea Sunday morning.

Economist Yeah Kim Leng, dean of Malaysia University of Science and Technology School of Business, said any impact on the share price would be short-lived.

“This incident will not dampen air travel on AirAsia because it is a budget carrier which appeals to the mass market amid growing affluence in the region,” he said.

AirAsia, which has never suffered a fatal accident, said the missing jet last underwent maintenance on November 16.

The plane’s disappearance comes

at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysian aviation.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and in July flight MH17 was shot down over troubled Ukraine with the loss of all 298 on board.

AllianceDBS downgraded AirAsia shares from buy to hold for reasons unrelated to the disappearance, saying the company’s debt burden would be heavier next year as the US dollar strengthens.

Analyst Tan Kee Hoong said that with most of AirAsia’s borrowings denominated in dollars, the weaker ringgit would lead to more expensive repayments.

In addition, the airline may not fully benefit from lower oil prices because management had indicated that some of the fuel cost savings will be passed back to consumers via lower fuel surcharges, he said. (afp)

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AirAsia plane taxis, while another is parked on the tarmac at the Changi International Airport on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 in Singapore. Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent in Kuala Lumpur on Monday after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.

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German central bank chief: cheap oil is stimulus

BERLIN — The president of Germany’s central bank is questioning the need for the European Central Bank to embark on a new bond-buying program when the continent is being “gifted a stimulus program” by low oil prices.

The ECB is considering whether and how to offer more stimulus for the sluggish eurozone economy, perhaps in the form of large-scale purchases of government bonds — not a popular idea in Germany.

Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann, a member of the ECB governing council, told Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper that German growth forecasts for next year don’t reflect the extent of the oil price fall — so growth could be better than expected.

He said of possible bond purchases: “We are being gifted a stimulus program, so why top it with monetary policy?” (ap)

Lithuania adopts euro to cement ties with the West

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuania hopes joining the eurozone on January 1 will boost its security at a time of heightened anxiety over Russia, but many in the Baltic state fear the currency switch will also bring price hikes.

The stroke of midnight will signal the end of a year marked by Russian intervention in Ukraine -- the biggest threat to the Baltic states since they broke free from the crumbling Soviet Union around a quarter of a century ago.

NATO has scrambled its fighter jets 150 times this year to escort Russian warplanes skirting the three Baltic states, three times more than last year, according to Lithuania’s defence ministry.

“A single currency in Europe also means more security, and it’s very important when we have such neighbours,” said Vytautas Komka, a 50-something resident of the capital Vilnius.

Fifty-three percent of the population of three million people backed

ditching the litas currency for the euro, while 39 percent were against, according to a November survey released by the central bank.

“Security concerns, I must admit, were among the reasons for the popular support for euro adoption,” Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius told AFP. He hailed the move as “the third most important step in Lithuania’s quest to integrate itself into the Western European community,” after joining the EU and NATO in 2004.

But public support for the euro has wavered, dropping below 50 percent at times in the face of widespread concern over the fallout.

“The euro will not increase pensions or wages, it will only increase prices,” pensioner Danute Petkeviciene told AFP. “But they have already decided,” she said, referring to the central bank’s countdown to when Lithuania becomes eurozone member 19. (afp)

DENPASAR - The existence of shell waste on Serangan Island, Denpasar, is a blessing to the community on the reclaimed island. Amidst the damaged seabed on Serangan Island, some people try to make a creation of shell waste scattered on Serangan Beach into a variety of crafts.

Abundant shell waste on the Serangan Island makes craftsmen not difficult to meet the needs of the market order.

Coordinator of King Saguna House of Shell, I Made Kanan Jaya, is now trying creatively to make lampshade craft by using shell waste. The lampshade using marine shell was made after many foreign travelers got interested in purchasing the results of his shell crafts.

In addition to lampshade, Kanan Jaya admitted that he had made various forms of crafts such as turtle ornament up to bowl, tray and other ceremonial tools. However, these items had a limited market because they were only used by Balinese people. For that reason, he began pioneering to create various lampshades as having a wider market. “Lampshade craft can be accepted by various people, especially foreign travelers,” he said.

A lampshade was sold for IDR 200,000. He claimed that in addition to displaying them in art shops he also received the orders from customers who were

interested. The process of making could take three to five days for making a decorative lighting.

“The making is rather long because it uses fiber and should be dried using sunlight. On cloudy day like today, it will take much longer,” he said.

Associated with raw materials, he claimed to never find difficulty because the shells used to make the crafts were abundantly available on Serangan Beach.

He admitted to using this type of shell living in the mangrove forests that frequently appeared when sea waves reached the Serangan Beach. “On the next temple ceremony at Sakenan Temple, the craft will also be sold as a typical craft of Serangan Island,” he added.

Shell craft has become the source of income for the people of Serangan. Meanwhile, as planned the shell craft would also made a museum to introduce the types of shells on the Island of Serangan including the protected shells. Kanan Jaya added that people who came to Serangan Island would not only buy shell crafts but could also directly learn more about the shells and how to make a craft.

“We started to try in order to be able to make educational tour where visiting traveler will not only buy the craft products, but can also learn more about the shells,” he concluded. (dwa)

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Bali police intensified security measures in Gilimanuk Seaport, Jembrana District, Bali Province, following a video depicting Islamic State’s (IS) threat launched against the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), police, and Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth wing (Banser NU).

Security tightened in Gilimanuk Port

NEGARA - Bali police intensified security measures in Gilimanuk Seaport, Jembrana District, Bali Province, following a video depicting Islamic State’s (IS) threat launched against the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), police, and Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth wing (Banser NU).

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Coordinator of King Saguna House of Shell, I Made Kanan Jaya, is now trying creatively to make lampshade craft by using shell waste.

“We double the security measures in Gilimanuk, both outdoors and indoors. It is an instruction given by our boss,” Jembrana Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Harry Hariyadi noted.

Some anticipatory steps have been taken as the security authorities are seriously acting in response to the challenge and threat posed by the IS, he affirmed.

The efforts to intensify security in Gilimanuk are supported by the Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) and TNI personnel.

“Following the threat, I order officers to increase vigil, particularly in supervising the people entering Bali,” he remarked.

Security along the coastal areas has also been beefed up, with the

cooperation of the local people.

In the meantime, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo stated that the government will take action against IS members who have entered Poso, Central Sulawesi, by deploying TNI personnel in early January 2015.

“The instruction of President Jokowi is to make a clean sweep of the area. All forces of the TNI will be deployed. How come (we have done) nothing against them for the last ten years. Starting next month, we will be going to the field to crush (them),” Minister Kumolo emphasized in Papua, on Sunday.

The home affairs minister affirmed that his ministry has detected 100 foreign fighters of IS, formerly ISIS, who had entered Poso, Central

Sulawesi.

“There are 100 foreigners in Poso, from ISIS (IS) group. If (they) cannot do jihad in Syria, (they launch) jihad in Poso,” the minister noted.

Kumolo, a senior politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), said the military will intensify security measures in border areas to prevent IS members from infiltrating into Indonesia.

The Indonesian government has zero tolerance for groups such as IS that will harm national harmony and unity, he noted.

“They will be crushed by the TNI. Every force will be deployed, including from the National Police,” he added. (ant)

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S. Korea officials face punishment over ‘nut rage’

SEOUL, South Korea — Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts, the Transport Ministry said Monday.

The punishments could include dismissals, salary reductions or formal reprimands, according to Shin Eun-chul, the official who headed the ministry’s internal investigation. The ministry also issued warnings to four other lower-ranking officials who were involved in the investigation.

Earlier this month, then-Korean Air executive Cho Hyunah, the daughter of the airline’s chairman, forced a plane that was preparing to take off in New York to return to the gate and kicked off the chief flight attendant because she had been served nuts

in a bag, not on a plate.

The ministry has been under fire following revelations that some officials leaked information and committed other improper acts during the investigation.

One of the officials to be reviewed for punishment was arrested Friday over allegations that he leaked information about the ministry’s probe to a current Korean Air executive, surnamed Yeo, through several telephone conversations and text messages.

The ministry found other officials responsible for allowing Yeo to attend the ministry’s

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questioning of the flight attendant forced off the plane and failing to interview other firstclass passengers, one of whom who told prosecutors that Cho had assaulted and threatened the flight attendant.

A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident. Prosecutors are also seeking to arrest Yeo over suspicions that he pressured airline employees to cover up the incident.(ap)

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INDONESIA Strict sharia forces gays into hiding in Aceh Liberia reports dozens of new Ebola cases along border MONROVIA, Liberia — Authorities in Liberia say there have been dozens of new Ebola cases erupting along the border with Sierra Leone.

The announcement by Assistant Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah on Monday marks a setback for Liberia, which has seen the number of cases stabilize somewhat after having been the hardest hit country in West Africa.

Nyenswah blamed the flare-up on a number of factors including people

going in and out of the country and traditional practices such as the washing of bodies.

Nearly 3,400 people have died from Ebola in Liberia over the past year with nearly 8,000 cases, though health officials say the situation has improved especially in the capital, Monrovia.

Sierra Leone, by comparison, has now eclipsed Liberia with more than 9,000 cases, according to the World Health Organization. (ap)

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2014 file photo, Cho Hyun-ah, who was head of cabin service at Korean Air and the oldest child of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho, speaks to the media upon her arrival for questioning at the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board office of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Seoul, South Korea.

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First Adm. Sigit Setiayana, the Naval Aviation Center commander at the Surabaya air force base, said 12 navy ships, five planes, three helicopters and a number of warships were taking part in the search, along with ships and planes from Singapore and Malaysia. The Australian Air Force also sent a search plane.

Many fishermen from Belitung island have joined in the search, and all vessels in that area of the sea have been alerted to be on the lookout for anything that could be linked to the plane.

The plane’s disappearance and suspected crash caps an astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia, and Malaysia in particular. Malaysia-based AirAsia’s loss comes on top of the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.

“Until today, we have never lost a life,” AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes, who founded the lowcost carrier in 2001, told reporters in Jakarta airport. “But I think that any airline CEO who says he can guarantee that his airline is 100 percent safe, is not accurate.”

He refused to address compensation issues or any changes that may be made to the airline as a result of this incident. “We have carried 220 million people up to this point,” he said.

“Of course, there’s going to be some reaction, but we are confident in our ability to fly people, and we’ll continue to be strong and continue to carry people who never could fly before.” (afp/ap)

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Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla (middle) and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani visit Surabaya, East Java, on Monday, to meet the relatives of the passengers aboard the missing AirAsia aircraft.

Kalla, Puan Maharani met relatives of missing jet’s passangers

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani visit Surabaya, East Java, on Monday, to meet the relatives of the passengers aboard the missing AirAsia aircraft.

“The visit is also to review the condition of the crisis center at Juanda Airport in Surabaya,” Husain Abdullah, a spokesman of the vice president, noted on Monday.

Kalla along with his spouse, Mufidah Kalla, and Maharani will leave for Surabaya at 1 p.m. local time.

Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan also join the entourage.

The Singapore-bound plane, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact a few minutes after taking off from Juanda International Airport on Sunday morning, and was believed to have gone missing in the waters between Bangka Belitung and West Kalimantan Provinces.

The AirAsia aircraft, an Airbus 320-200, carried 155 passengers and

seven crew members.

Based on the data received from the Angkasa Pura I airport management company, the plane has two pilots - Captain Iriyanto and First Officer (FO) Remi Emmanuel Plesel, four cabin crew members - Wanti Setiawati, Khairunnisa Haidar Fauzi, Oscar Desano, and Wismoyo Ari Prambudi, along with a technician, Saiful Rakhmad.

According to AirAsia Indonesia, seven foreigners are among the passengers of the missing plane.

The foreign nationals comprise three Koreans, a Singaporean, a British, a Malaysian, and a First Officer (FO) from France.

“While 155 others, including crew members, are Indonesian na-

tionals,” she stated.

In the meantime, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is focusing its search efforts on East Belitung waters to find the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 on Monday, the second day of the search and rescue operations.

“We are conducting search operations in the east off Belitung Island, in accordance with the last contact made by the aircraft,” Basarnas’ Operations Director Air Commodore S.B. Supriyadi noted on Monday.

Basarnas will conduct combing operations in the waters off east Belitung Island to the southeast.

“Later, we will also comb the coastal areas of West Kalimantan,” he added. (ant)

BANDA ACEH - Overwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquarters in late October, worried that the sharia police would raid them at any moment.

Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh had weeks earlier passed an anti-homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having gay sex with 100 lashes. Amnesty International criticised it, saying it would add to a climate of homophobia and fear.

“We are more afraid, of course,” said a 31-year-old transgender person who, along with three other members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group, Violet Grey, burned the pamphlets, group records and other papers.

“As an institution, Violet Grey went as far as removing all documents related to LGBT. We burned them all,” said the group member, who declined to be identified out of fear of being arrested.

The province’s tight-knit gay community, estimated by some at about 1,000 people, has become increasingly marginalized since Aceh was allowed to adopt Islamic sharia law as its legal code. Aceh was granted special regional autonomy as part of a 2005 peace agreement ending a threedecade old separatist insurgency.

After the anti-homosexuality law was passed in September, Violet Grey began warning its 47 members to keep a lower profile and for gay and transgender people to avoid going out together as couples in public.

No one has been arrested under the law, which Aceh officials say will not

be enforced until the end of 2015 to allow residents time to prepare for it.

But this has not eased the fear in the gay community.

Even before the law, life was not easy for gay people in the most religiously conservative part of Indonesia, the north of Sumatra island where Islam first arrived in the archipelago.

The gay community is a target of regular harassment from sharia police and residents. Transgender people are particularly vulnerable because of the difficulty of concealing themselves in public.

In 2011, a transgender make-up artist was stabbed to death in Banda Aceh after she held up a stick in response to a man’s taunts.

Aceh authorities defend the law, saying it does not violate human rights because gay people are free to live together but just can not have sex.

The law also sets out punishment for various acts apart from gay sex including unmarried people engaging in displays of affection, adultery and underage sex.

“It is forbidden because in the sharia context, the act is vile,” Syahrizal Abbas, the head of Aceh’s sharia department, which drew up the law, told Reuters.

“It brings unhealthy psychological impact to human development, and it will affect the community.”

Outside Aceh, Indonesia is generally tolerant of gay people, particularly in urban areas like Jakarta.

Engaging in homosexual acts is not a crime under Indonesia’s national criminal code but remains taboo in many conservative parts of the country, which has the world’s largest Muslim population. (rtr)

JAKARTA - An Indonesian family of 10 said Monday they had a miraculous escape when they arrived too late to catch AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing shortly after takeoff en route to Singapore.

Christianawati, 36, said the 10 of them, who included her family, her mother and her younger brother’s family, were heading to Singapore to celebrate New Year.

The six adults and four children were originally booked on the 7:30 am flight but AirAsia moved them to Flight QZ8501 scheduled for two hours earlier.

“They emailed and called us on

December 15 and 16 to inform us but we missed those calls,” Christianawati said.

“So we arrived at the airport to check in for the 7:30am flight but were told our flights had been rescheduled to 5:30am and we were late. Of course we were angry,” she said.

“While the new tickets were being reissued, we heard that the earlier plane had crashed so we cancelled our flights immediately,” she said.

“I was shocked to hear about it and cried. Maybe it is all God’s plan that my family and I were not on the flight. It was a blessing in disguise,” she said.(afp)

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SAN ANTONIO — An undermanned San Antonio beat Houston 110-106 on Sunday to end a run of six successive defeats against its Texas rival, tightening up the hard-fought NBA Southwest Division.

The Spurs are fourth in the division but only four games off leader Memphis, which was sent back to the top by Houston’s defeat, with the Rockets slipping to second.

Sutil eyes WEC chance and wants to race at Le Mans

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London - Former Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil is interested in a move to the World Endurance Championship and wants to race in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Sutil’s F1 career has stalled following Sauber’s decision to replace him and 2014 team-mate Esteban Gutierrez with ex-Caterham racer Marcus Ericsson and Williams reserve driver Felipe Nasr next season.

Ferrari recently announced that Gutierrez will become its test and reserve driver for 2015, but Sutil will likely be forced to consider options outside of F1 for next year.

“There are plenty of opportunities in categories that are really interesting - it doesn’t need to only be Formula 1,” the German told Autosport. “I’ve had my normal plan disrupted so I have to look at several categories.

I’m very open.

“I look forward to whatever happens. If I don’t drive next year, I’m still a happy man. “Maybe the year after Haas is coming to Formula 1, and this is an interesting project. The WEC could [also] be an interesting project.

“Everyone is saying good words about it, and that’s how I feel about it. The cars are quick and probably similar to Formula 1. “I definitely want to do the 24 Hours of Le Mans in my career, and I’m looking at certain Formula 1 drivers who did that step and are very happy.

“There are manufacturers there and that’s good for the future for a driver - you need a partner who is reliable and you can make a long-term contract [with] and then really work and improve.

“I’m 31 and I could still go quite a few more years in Formula 1, but I’ve been in Formula 1 and there’s a time where you have to go somewhere else.”

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Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah

GIANYAR - As a culture reserve, the Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah is one of the historic tourist attractions. Located at Tegallinggah, Bedulu village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, this ancient site is also adjacent to the Pakerisan River currently including in the world cultural heritage.

To reach the location, it will take visitors approximately 30 minutes from the capital of Denpasar by motor vehicle.

When going to this object, visitors will pass through dozens of stairs with a view of fish and shrimp ponds adorned with lotus plants and water lettuce.

Splashing waters along the stairs make the atmosphere very cool. Meanwhile, large trees and hanging roots make the panorama look beautiful.

Uniqueness of this ancient site is visible on the temple carvings attached to the cliff wall. On the wall sit two very ancient temples. Each temple has three phalli symbolizing the gods of trinity namely Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. On the same rock, precisely on the right part of the temple there are 4 niches and 3 others on the left. Besides, there are also 8 niche of larger size. In the meantime, 3 additional niches can be found at the location separated by the Pakerisan River.

Around the temple can be found some ruins of temples that have been damaged by objects. Then, there is a cave and place to deliver canangsari oblation.

Some showers can also be found here where they are used for religious ceremonies and melukat or self-purificatory rite. At the shower, visitors can wash the face just to feel the freshness of the falling water on the sidelines of the cliff.

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Sutil, who has started 128 grands prix in his career without finishing on the podium, said taking a year out of F1 previously, in 2012, has made him more relaxed about the prospect of not racing in F1 in 2015. “The year I had off was wonderful - it was a great time [and] maybe I’m a little bit more relaxed than other drivers,” Sutil added.

“I remember the time I was suffering in 2011, not knowing what would be in 2012. “I’ve done that now, and this experience made me a little more calm. Life goes on, I’ve seen it.

The older you get, the more you realise.” (net)

Between them is Dallas, which staged a fourth-quarter rally led by Dirk Nowitzki to beat Oklahoma City, while Toronto extended its lead in the Eastern Conference by downing Denver. San Antonio’s Danny Green had 24 points — including four straight free throws in the final minute — and Tim Duncan scored 16 for the Spurs, who were without Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker due to injury.

James Harden had 28 points for Houston, Dwight Howard added 24 points and 17 rebounds and Corey Brewer scored 25 points.

Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki matched his season high with 30 points to steer the Mavericks to a 112107 victory over Oklahoma City.

Chandler Parsons added 26 for the Mavericks, who trailed by seven to start the fourth quarter and were without center Tyson Chandler due to pre-game back spasms.

The Thunder played their sixth straight game without Kevin Durant because of a sprained ankle. Serge Ibaka led Oklahoma City with a season-high 26 points.

Toronto made it seven wins from eight by winning 116102 at Denver, with Kyle Lowry contributing 30 points and 11 assists.

Lou Williams scored 31 points as the Eastern Conference-leading Raptors completed a sweep of the season series against the Nuggets. Ty Lawson led Denver with 28 points, and Wilson Chandler had 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Portland’s Wesley Matthews had 28 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead the Trail Blazers to a 101-79 thrashing of New York, with the struggling Knicks having only nine players available and suffering their eighth-straight loss.

Phoenix extended its run of wins to six by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 116-107, with Eric Bledsoe had 20 of his 22 after halftime.

Detroit used an 18-0 run in the second quarter to set up a surprisingly comfortable 103-80 win at Cleveland. (ap)

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Chelsea, Man City held as Arsenal wins in EPL

LONDON — Chelsea retained its three-point lead at the midpoint of the Premier League season on Sunday despite being held to a draw by Southampton, thanks to Manchester City collapsing against struggling Burnley. After Eden Hazard recovered a 1-1 draw for Chelsea at fourth-place Southampton, defending champion City threw away a 2-0 lead at home to draw 2-2 with 19th-place Burnley.

On a day when 18 of the 20 teams were in action less than 48 hours after playing on Friday in this traditionally packed Christmas fixture program, the top four all drew. Manchester United missed an opportunity to make ground on the pacesetters, remaining seven points behind City in third place after being held 0-0 at Tottenham.

But Arsenal dislodged West Ham from fifth place by winning their London derby 2-1 after Santi Cazorla earned and converted a penalty and Danny Welbeck scored the second.

At the other end of the standings, Leicester remains bottom but raised its hopes of survival by beating Hull 1-0 for its first victory since September. Hull is only out of the relegation zone due to its superior goal difference over Crystal Palace, which drew 0-0 with fellow struggler Queens Park Rangers.

The most goals of the day came in a clash of mid-table teams at St. James’ Park, with Jack Colback scoring his first Newcastle goal to clinch a 3-2 win over Everton.

The remaining fixture from round 19 is on Monday when Liverpool hosts Swansea. Unlike last season, Liverpool is out of the title race as it sits in 10th place.

A big surprise looked possible at Southampton when Chelsea conceded in the 17th minute as Sadio Mane raced onto a pass from Dusan Tadic and lifted the ball over goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

But Southampton was punished for a defensive lapse just before halftime. Hazard ran onto a pass from Cesc Fabregas, cut inside a defender and shot across goal and into the far corner. It was Fabregas’ 13th assist of the season, equaling the league-leading total by Steven Gerrard in 2013-14.

Even the dismissal of Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin in the 89th for a second booking couldn’t prevent another memorable result in this unexpected campaign for the south-coast team.

“Southampton defended with everything and they defended a lot,” Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said.

“We tried everything and we dominated, we created a lot.”

Unlike Chelsea, City did score twice — but conceded as many. David Silva scored his fourth goal in three appearances after being set up by Jesus Navas midway through the first half and Fernandinho curled in a shot off the underside of the crossbar before halftime.

But George Boyd began Burnley’s comeback two minutes after the break after Danny Ings shot

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across the face of goal. And Ashley Barnes grabbed the equalizer in the 81st minute by reacting quickest to connect with the ball in a crowded penalty area. In east London, Arsenal did manage to hold on to its lead.

Cazorla was tripped in the area and converted the penalty in the 41st to put Arsenal ahead. Danny Welbeck doubled the lead three minutes later after a pass from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Although Cheikhou Kouyate pulled one back for West Ham with a header at the start of the second half, Arsenal held on for its second 2-1 win in three days to nudge close to the top four. “We look to be more stable,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.

“We have a big game in front of us now against Southampton (on Thursday).”(ap)

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LONDON — Manchester United was repeatedly thwarted by To t t e n h a m goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in a scrappy 0-0 draw on Sunday but will go into the second half of the Premier League season reestablished as a top-four team.

On the slide a year ago in sixth at the midway point, United is now third after extending its unbeaten run to nine matches and primed to return to the Champions League under Louis van Gaal.

With leader Chelsea and second-placed Manchester City also drawing, the result was a missed opportunity for United to cut the seven-point gap.

Radamel Falcao, Robin van Persie and Ashley Young were all denied by the France goalkeeper’s saves. Although Phil Jones headed the ball into the net in the first half, the United defender was adjudged to be offside.

“It was the best performance of Manchester United this season in the first half,” Van Gaal said.

“We could have scored four or five goals and we didn’t reward ourselves.” The blame was not

put on United’s misfiring strikers but on the football authorities for scheduling the game less than 43 hours after the teams finished their Friday fixture in England’s traditionally congested postChristmas program.

“It is scientifically proven the body cannot recover in 48 hours,” said Van Gaal, who still retained the same players who started in Friday’s 3-1 win over Newcastle.

“When you, as a Football Association, allow, you have seen what’s it’s like ... in the second half it wasn’t football anymore it was a struggle for life.” But both teams had the same recovery period, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino pointed out.

“I never complain when the opponent is in the same condition as you,” Pochettino said.

And Tottenham went a fifth game unbeaten to provisionally move above Arsenal into sixth, just a point from fourth-place Southampton.

It required Lloris to be alert throughout, with the goalkeeper first denying Falcao’s 18thminute shot after the Colombia forward was fed by the lively Juan Mata.

Lloris was beaten when Mata

whipped in a free kick but spared by the post. When the rebound came off Tottenham defender Ben Davies, Lloris prevented an own goal before Vlad Chiriches cleared Falcao’s attempt from the goal-line. The ball did cross the line from Jones’ header, but he was offside.

The finishing then let down United as a counterattack ended with a shot from Falcao that failed to trouble Lloris, who came also came off his line to prevent a dithering Van Persie from shooting.

Lloris had to be at full stretch to turn Young’s shot wide before the end of a half when Tottenham’s goal attempts were restricted to Harry Kane’s ineffective close-range effort and Andros Townsend from distance.

Townsend again tried and failed to beat David de Gea with a stinging shot from the outside of the area in a second half when neither side looked capable of scoring.

“I said in the dressing room when you cannot win such type of matches when you are the better team ... it’s very difficult to be the champion at the end of the season,” Van Gaal said. (ap)

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates after scoring a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Chelsea at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton, England, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014.

was co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Coach Henryk Kasperczak provided few other surprises in his squad, with Bordeaux midfielder Abdou Traore also returning after more than a year out of the national team.

Ajaccio goalkeeper Oumar Sissoko can perhaps feel the most aggrieved at missing out, with N’Tji Michel Samake from local side Duguwolofila Mali preferred despite not appearing on the

preliminary list of 35 players announced by Kasperczak last week. The team will be captained by veteran Roma midfielder Seydou Keita and also includes Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Bakary Sako.

Mali, who have finished third at the last two continental finals, have been drawn in a difficult Group D along with Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Guinea in the Jan. 17-Feb. 8 tournament.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Soumaïla Diakite (Esteghlal Khuzestan), Germain Berthe (Eleven Creators) N’Tji Michel Samake (CS Duguwolofila Mali) Defenders: Drissa Diakite (Bastia), Fousseyni Diawara (Tours), Molla Wague (Udinese), Ousmane Coulibaly (Platanias), Adama Tamboura (Randers), Idrissa Coulibaly (Hassania Agadir), Salif Coulibaly (TP Mazembe), Mohamed Konate (Renaissance Berkane)

Midfielders: Seydou Keita (Roma), Tongo Hamed Doumbia (Toulouse), Yacouba Sylla (Erciyesspor), Mamoutou N’Diaye (Zulte Waregem), Abdou Traore (Bordeaux), Sigamary Diarra (Valenciennes) Forwards: Cheick Tidiane Diabate (Bordeaux), Bakary Sako (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mustapha Yatabare (Trabzonspor), Sambou Yattabare (Guingamp), Abdoulaye Diaby (Mouscron), Modibo Maiga (Metz)

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2004 file photo, Fernando Torres, playing for Atletico de Madrid controls the ball as he breaks through OFK Belgrade’s defence during the 2nd-leg of the UEFA Intertoto cup semi-final at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain.

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Torres to return to Atletico Madrid on loan

MADRID - Spain forward Fernando Torres has agreed to return to Atletico Madrid on loan from AC Milan until the end of the 2015-16 season, seven and a half years after leaving his boyhood club, the La Liga champions said on Monday. Torres, 30, has been struggling for goals since joining Chelsea from Liverpool in 2011 and moved to Milan on loan in August.

Chelsea and Milan agreed on Saturday to make the switch permanent, paving the way for Torres to be loaned to Atletico, where he will hope to resurrect his stuttering career under inspirational coach Diego Simeone.

“At last back home. Thanks to all that have made this dream come true,” Torres wrote on his Twitter feed shortly after Atletico confirmed the deal under a giant “Torres is back” banner on their website (www. clubatleticodemadrid.com). The deal is subject to Torres passing a medical and will be finalised on Jan. 5 when the Italian transfer window opens, Atletico said.

“In this way, the forward from Fuenlabrada returns to his home where

he was trained as a footballer and became one of their big stars,” the club added. A World Cup and double European Championship winner with Spain, Torres joined Atletico at the age of 11.

Known as ‘El Nino’ (The Kid), he made his first-team debut as a 17-yearold in 2001, when Madrid’s second club were in the second division, and was appointed club captain two years later, becoming a huge favourite with the fans.

When he left for Liverpool in July 2007, having scored 91 goals in 244 appearances, he pledged to return and could make his debut against holders Real Madrid in the first leg of a King’s Cup last 16 tie on Jan. 7. As well as a decorated career with Spain, Torres helped Chelsea win the Champions League in 2012 and the Europa League a year later.

For one week in May 2013, Torres and compatriot and Chelsea team mate Juan Mata were holders of the World Cup, European Championship, Champions League and Europa League titles.(rtr)

JERUSALEM - Serbian Aleksandar Stanojevic quit as coach of Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Haifa on Sunday, a day after a humiliating 3-1 home defeat to Beitar Jerusalem.

“I’m sorry for having reached this point but I think it is the necessary step for the club, which is important to me,” Stanojevic told Haifa’s website: maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il.

Stanojevic joined Haifa before the start of the season but was unable to keep them on a steady path of success and their erratic form has seen them lose eight of their 15 league fixtures this sea-

son. Haifa are fourth in the standings, with 19 points from 15 matches, 13 points behind Hapoel Kiryat Shmona who lead with 32 points.

One of Israel’s most successful clubs over the past three decades, Haifa moved into a plush new stadium in the northern port city for the start of the current season and have attracted record gates of some 30,000 for each of their recent home games. Israeli media has touted Israeli Guy Luzon, former coach of Belgian outfit Standard Liege, as a possible successor to Stanojevic. (rtr)

Maccabi Haifa coach Stanojevic quits after torrid run

Maiga a surprise pick for Mali for Nations Cup CAPE TOWN - Metz forward Modibo Maiga has surprisingly been named in Mali’s 23-man squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea after missing the entire qualification campaign. The 27-year-old, on loan in Ligue 1 from West Ham United, has not played for his national team in over a year and will not have fond memories of the Nations Cup finals after contracting malaria at the 2012 tournament that

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris saves a shot on goal during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester United at White Hart Lane in London December 28, 2014.

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LONDON — Chelsea retained its three-point lead at the midpoint of the Premier League season on Sunday despite being held to a draw by Southampton, thanks to Manchester City collapsing against struggling Burnley. After Eden Hazard recovered a 1-1 draw for Chelsea at fourth-place Southampton, defending champion City threw away a 2-0 lead at home to draw 2-2 with 19th-place Burnley.

On a day when 18 of the 20 teams were in action less than 48 hours after playing on Friday in this traditionally packed Christmas fixture program, the top four all drew. Manchester United missed an opportunity to make ground on the pacesetters, remaining seven points behind City in third place after being held 0-0 at Tottenham.

But Arsenal dislodged West Ham from fifth place by winning their London derby 2-1 after Santi Cazorla earned and converted a penalty and Danny Welbeck scored the second.

At the other end of the standings, Leicester remains bottom but raised its hopes of survival by beating Hull 1-0 for its first victory since September. Hull is only out of the relegation zone due to its superior goal difference over Crystal Palace, which drew 0-0 with fellow struggler Queens Park Rangers.

The most goals of the day came in a clash of mid-table teams at St. James’ Park, with Jack Colback scoring his first Newcastle goal to clinch a 3-2 win over Everton.

The remaining fixture from round 19 is on Monday when Liverpool hosts Swansea. Unlike last season, Liverpool is out of the title race as it sits in 10th place.

A big surprise looked possible at Southampton when Chelsea conceded in the 17th minute as Sadio Mane raced onto a pass from Dusan Tadic and lifted the ball over goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

But Southampton was punished for a defensive lapse just before halftime. Hazard ran onto a pass from Cesc Fabregas, cut inside a defender and shot across goal and into the far corner. It was Fabregas’ 13th assist of the season, equaling the league-leading total by Steven Gerrard in 2013-14.

Even the dismissal of Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin in the 89th for a second booking couldn’t prevent another memorable result in this unexpected campaign for the south-coast team.

“Southampton defended with everything and they defended a lot,” Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said.

“We tried everything and we dominated, we created a lot.”

Unlike Chelsea, City did score twice — but conceded as many. David Silva scored his fourth goal in three appearances after being set up by Jesus Navas midway through the first half and Fernandinho curled in a shot off the underside of the crossbar before halftime.

But George Boyd began Burnley’s comeback two minutes after the break after Danny Ings shot

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across the face of goal. And Ashley Barnes grabbed the equalizer in the 81st minute by reacting quickest to connect with the ball in a crowded penalty area. In east London, Arsenal did manage to hold on to its lead.

Cazorla was tripped in the area and converted the penalty in the 41st to put Arsenal ahead. Danny Welbeck doubled the lead three minutes later after a pass from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Although Cheikhou Kouyate pulled one back for West Ham with a header at the start of the second half, Arsenal held on for its second 2-1 win in three days to nudge close to the top four. “We look to be more stable,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said.

“We have a big game in front of us now against Southampton (on Thursday).”(ap)

AP Photo/Tim Ireland

LONDON — Manchester United was repeatedly thwarted by To t t e n h a m goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in a scrappy 0-0 draw on Sunday but will go into the second half of the Premier League season reestablished as a top-four team.

On the slide a year ago in sixth at the midway point, United is now third after extending its unbeaten run to nine matches and primed to return to the Champions League under Louis van Gaal.

With leader Chelsea and second-placed Manchester City also drawing, the result was a missed opportunity for United to cut the seven-point gap.

Radamel Falcao, Robin van Persie and Ashley Young were all denied by the France goalkeeper’s saves. Although Phil Jones headed the ball into the net in the first half, the United defender was adjudged to be offside.

“It was the best performance of Manchester United this season in the first half,” Van Gaal said.

“We could have scored four or five goals and we didn’t reward ourselves.” The blame was not

put on United’s misfiring strikers but on the football authorities for scheduling the game less than 43 hours after the teams finished their Friday fixture in England’s traditionally congested postChristmas program.

“It is scientifically proven the body cannot recover in 48 hours,” said Van Gaal, who still retained the same players who started in Friday’s 3-1 win over Newcastle.

“When you, as a Football Association, allow, you have seen what’s it’s like ... in the second half it wasn’t football anymore it was a struggle for life.” But both teams had the same recovery period, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino pointed out.

“I never complain when the opponent is in the same condition as you,” Pochettino said.

And Tottenham went a fifth game unbeaten to provisionally move above Arsenal into sixth, just a point from fourth-place Southampton.

It required Lloris to be alert throughout, with the goalkeeper first denying Falcao’s 18thminute shot after the Colombia forward was fed by the lively Juan Mata.

Lloris was beaten when Mata

whipped in a free kick but spared by the post. When the rebound came off Tottenham defender Ben Davies, Lloris prevented an own goal before Vlad Chiriches cleared Falcao’s attempt from the goal-line. The ball did cross the line from Jones’ header, but he was offside.

The finishing then let down United as a counterattack ended with a shot from Falcao that failed to trouble Lloris, who came also came off his line to prevent a dithering Van Persie from shooting.

Lloris had to be at full stretch to turn Young’s shot wide before the end of a half when Tottenham’s goal attempts were restricted to Harry Kane’s ineffective close-range effort and Andros Townsend from distance.

Townsend again tried and failed to beat David de Gea with a stinging shot from the outside of the area in a second half when neither side looked capable of scoring.

“I said in the dressing room when you cannot win such type of matches when you are the better team ... it’s very difficult to be the champion at the end of the season,” Van Gaal said. (ap)

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard celebrates after scoring a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Southampton and Chelsea at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton, England, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014.

was co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Coach Henryk Kasperczak provided few other surprises in his squad, with Bordeaux midfielder Abdou Traore also returning after more than a year out of the national team.

Ajaccio goalkeeper Oumar Sissoko can perhaps feel the most aggrieved at missing out, with N’Tji Michel Samake from local side Duguwolofila Mali preferred despite not appearing on the

preliminary list of 35 players announced by Kasperczak last week. The team will be captained by veteran Roma midfielder Seydou Keita and also includes Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Bakary Sako.

Mali, who have finished third at the last two continental finals, have been drawn in a difficult Group D along with Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Guinea in the Jan. 17-Feb. 8 tournament.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Soumaïla Diakite (Esteghlal Khuzestan), Germain Berthe (Eleven Creators) N’Tji Michel Samake (CS Duguwolofila Mali) Defenders: Drissa Diakite (Bastia), Fousseyni Diawara (Tours), Molla Wague (Udinese), Ousmane Coulibaly (Platanias), Adama Tamboura (Randers), Idrissa Coulibaly (Hassania Agadir), Salif Coulibaly (TP Mazembe), Mohamed Konate (Renaissance Berkane)

Midfielders: Seydou Keita (Roma), Tongo Hamed Doumbia (Toulouse), Yacouba Sylla (Erciyesspor), Mamoutou N’Diaye (Zulte Waregem), Abdou Traore (Bordeaux), Sigamary Diarra (Valenciennes) Forwards: Cheick Tidiane Diabate (Bordeaux), Bakary Sako (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mustapha Yatabare (Trabzonspor), Sambou Yattabare (Guingamp), Abdoulaye Diaby (Mouscron), Modibo Maiga (Metz)

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2004 file photo, Fernando Torres, playing for Atletico de Madrid controls the ball as he breaks through OFK Belgrade’s defence during the 2nd-leg of the UEFA Intertoto cup semi-final at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain.

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Torres to return to Atletico Madrid on loan

MADRID - Spain forward Fernando Torres has agreed to return to Atletico Madrid on loan from AC Milan until the end of the 2015-16 season, seven and a half years after leaving his boyhood club, the La Liga champions said on Monday. Torres, 30, has been struggling for goals since joining Chelsea from Liverpool in 2011 and moved to Milan on loan in August.

Chelsea and Milan agreed on Saturday to make the switch permanent, paving the way for Torres to be loaned to Atletico, where he will hope to resurrect his stuttering career under inspirational coach Diego Simeone.

“At last back home. Thanks to all that have made this dream come true,” Torres wrote on his Twitter feed shortly after Atletico confirmed the deal under a giant “Torres is back” banner on their website (www. clubatleticodemadrid.com). The deal is subject to Torres passing a medical and will be finalised on Jan. 5 when the Italian transfer window opens, Atletico said.

“In this way, the forward from Fuenlabrada returns to his home where

he was trained as a footballer and became one of their big stars,” the club added. A World Cup and double European Championship winner with Spain, Torres joined Atletico at the age of 11.

Known as ‘El Nino’ (The Kid), he made his first-team debut as a 17-yearold in 2001, when Madrid’s second club were in the second division, and was appointed club captain two years later, becoming a huge favourite with the fans.

When he left for Liverpool in July 2007, having scored 91 goals in 244 appearances, he pledged to return and could make his debut against holders Real Madrid in the first leg of a King’s Cup last 16 tie on Jan. 7. As well as a decorated career with Spain, Torres helped Chelsea win the Champions League in 2012 and the Europa League a year later.

For one week in May 2013, Torres and compatriot and Chelsea team mate Juan Mata were holders of the World Cup, European Championship, Champions League and Europa League titles.(rtr)

JERUSALEM - Serbian Aleksandar Stanojevic quit as coach of Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Haifa on Sunday, a day after a humiliating 3-1 home defeat to Beitar Jerusalem.

“I’m sorry for having reached this point but I think it is the necessary step for the club, which is important to me,” Stanojevic told Haifa’s website: maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il.

Stanojevic joined Haifa before the start of the season but was unable to keep them on a steady path of success and their erratic form has seen them lose eight of their 15 league fixtures this sea-

son. Haifa are fourth in the standings, with 19 points from 15 matches, 13 points behind Hapoel Kiryat Shmona who lead with 32 points.

One of Israel’s most successful clubs over the past three decades, Haifa moved into a plush new stadium in the northern port city for the start of the current season and have attracted record gates of some 30,000 for each of their recent home games. Israeli media has touted Israeli Guy Luzon, former coach of Belgian outfit Standard Liege, as a possible successor to Stanojevic. (rtr)

Maccabi Haifa coach Stanojevic quits after torrid run

Maiga a surprise pick for Mali for Nations Cup CAPE TOWN - Metz forward Modibo Maiga has surprisingly been named in Mali’s 23-man squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea after missing the entire qualification campaign. The 27-year-old, on loan in Ligue 1 from West Ham United, has not played for his national team in over a year and will not have fond memories of the Nations Cup finals after contracting malaria at the 2012 tournament that

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris saves a shot on goal during their English Premier League soccer match against Manchester United at White Hart Lane in London December 28, 2014.

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SAN ANTONIO — An undermanned San Antonio beat Houston 110-106 on Sunday to end a run of six successive defeats against its Texas rival, tightening up the hard-fought NBA Southwest Division.

The Spurs are fourth in the division but only four games off leader Memphis, which was sent back to the top by Houston’s defeat, with the Rockets slipping to second.

Sutil eyes WEC chance and wants to race at Le Mans

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London - Former Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil is interested in a move to the World Endurance Championship and wants to race in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Sutil’s F1 career has stalled following Sauber’s decision to replace him and 2014 team-mate Esteban Gutierrez with ex-Caterham racer Marcus Ericsson and Williams reserve driver Felipe Nasr next season.

Ferrari recently announced that Gutierrez will become its test and reserve driver for 2015, but Sutil will likely be forced to consider options outside of F1 for next year.

“There are plenty of opportunities in categories that are really interesting - it doesn’t need to only be Formula 1,” the German told Autosport. “I’ve had my normal plan disrupted so I have to look at several categories.

I’m very open.

“I look forward to whatever happens. If I don’t drive next year, I’m still a happy man. “Maybe the year after Haas is coming to Formula 1, and this is an interesting project. The WEC could [also] be an interesting project.

“Everyone is saying good words about it, and that’s how I feel about it. The cars are quick and probably similar to Formula 1. “I definitely want to do the 24 Hours of Le Mans in my career, and I’m looking at certain Formula 1 drivers who did that step and are very happy.

“There are manufacturers there and that’s good for the future for a driver - you need a partner who is reliable and you can make a long-term contract [with] and then really work and improve.

“I’m 31 and I could still go quite a few more years in Formula 1, but I’ve been in Formula 1 and there’s a time where you have to go somewhere else.”

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Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah

GIANYAR - As a culture reserve, the Cliff Temple of Tegallinggah is one of the historic tourist attractions. Located at Tegallinggah, Bedulu village, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, this ancient site is also adjacent to the Pakerisan River currently including in the world cultural heritage.

To reach the location, it will take visitors approximately 30 minutes from the capital of Denpasar by motor vehicle.

When going to this object, visitors will pass through dozens of stairs with a view of fish and shrimp ponds adorned with lotus plants and water lettuce.

Splashing waters along the stairs make the atmosphere very cool. Meanwhile, large trees and hanging roots make the panorama look beautiful.

Uniqueness of this ancient site is visible on the temple carvings attached to the cliff wall. On the wall sit two very ancient temples. Each temple has three phalli symbolizing the gods of trinity namely Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. On the same rock, precisely on the right part of the temple there are 4 niches and 3 others on the left. Besides, there are also 8 niche of larger size. In the meantime, 3 additional niches can be found at the location separated by the Pakerisan River.

Around the temple can be found some ruins of temples that have been damaged by objects. Then, there is a cave and place to deliver canangsari oblation.

Some showers can also be found here where they are used for religious ceremonies and melukat or self-purificatory rite. At the shower, visitors can wash the face just to feel the freshness of the falling water on the sidelines of the cliff.

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Sutil, who has started 128 grands prix in his career without finishing on the podium, said taking a year out of F1 previously, in 2012, has made him more relaxed about the prospect of not racing in F1 in 2015. “The year I had off was wonderful - it was a great time [and] maybe I’m a little bit more relaxed than other drivers,” Sutil added.

“I remember the time I was suffering in 2011, not knowing what would be in 2012. “I’ve done that now, and this experience made me a little more calm. Life goes on, I’ve seen it.

The older you get, the more you realise.” (net)

Between them is Dallas, which staged a fourth-quarter rally led by Dirk Nowitzki to beat Oklahoma City, while Toronto extended its lead in the Eastern Conference by downing Denver. San Antonio’s Danny Green had 24 points — including four straight free throws in the final minute — and Tim Duncan scored 16 for the Spurs, who were without Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker due to injury.

James Harden had 28 points for Houston, Dwight Howard added 24 points and 17 rebounds and Corey Brewer scored 25 points.

Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki matched his season high with 30 points to steer the Mavericks to a 112107 victory over Oklahoma City.

Chandler Parsons added 26 for the Mavericks, who trailed by seven to start the fourth quarter and were without center Tyson Chandler due to pre-game back spasms.

The Thunder played their sixth straight game without Kevin Durant because of a sprained ankle. Serge Ibaka led Oklahoma City with a season-high 26 points.

Toronto made it seven wins from eight by winning 116102 at Denver, with Kyle Lowry contributing 30 points and 11 assists.

Lou Williams scored 31 points as the Eastern Conference-leading Raptors completed a sweep of the season series against the Nuggets. Ty Lawson led Denver with 28 points, and Wilson Chandler had 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Portland’s Wesley Matthews had 28 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead the Trail Blazers to a 101-79 thrashing of New York, with the struggling Knicks having only nine players available and suffering their eighth-straight loss.

Phoenix extended its run of wins to six by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 116-107, with Eric Bledsoe had 20 of his 22 after halftime.

Detroit used an 18-0 run in the second quarter to set up a surprisingly comfortable 103-80 win at Cleveland. (ap)

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S. Korea officials face punishment over ‘nut rage’

SEOUL, South Korea — Four South Korean officials will be punished for improper conduct during an investigation into a former Korean Air Lines executive who forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts, the Transport Ministry said Monday.

The punishments could include dismissals, salary reductions or formal reprimands, according to Shin Eun-chul, the official who headed the ministry’s internal investigation. The ministry also issued warnings to four other lower-ranking officials who were involved in the investigation.

Earlier this month, then-Korean Air executive Cho Hyunah, the daughter of the airline’s chairman, forced a plane that was preparing to take off in New York to return to the gate and kicked off the chief flight attendant because she had been served nuts

in a bag, not on a plate.

The ministry has been under fire following revelations that some officials leaked information and committed other improper acts during the investigation.

One of the officials to be reviewed for punishment was arrested Friday over allegations that he leaked information about the ministry’s probe to a current Korean Air executive, surnamed Yeo, through several telephone conversations and text messages.

The ministry found other officials responsible for allowing Yeo to attend the ministry’s

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questioning of the flight attendant forced off the plane and failing to interview other firstclass passengers, one of whom who told prosecutors that Cho had assaulted and threatened the flight attendant.

A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident. Prosecutors are also seeking to arrest Yeo over suspicions that he pressured airline employees to cover up the incident.(ap)

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INDONESIA Strict sharia forces gays into hiding in Aceh Liberia reports dozens of new Ebola cases along border MONROVIA, Liberia — Authorities in Liberia say there have been dozens of new Ebola cases erupting along the border with Sierra Leone.

The announcement by Assistant Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah on Monday marks a setback for Liberia, which has seen the number of cases stabilize somewhat after having been the hardest hit country in West Africa.

Nyenswah blamed the flare-up on a number of factors including people

going in and out of the country and traditional practices such as the washing of bodies.

Nearly 3,400 people have died from Ebola in Liberia over the past year with nearly 8,000 cases, though health officials say the situation has improved especially in the capital, Monrovia.

Sierra Leone, by comparison, has now eclipsed Liberia with more than 9,000 cases, according to the World Health Organization. (ap)

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2014 file photo, Cho Hyun-ah, who was head of cabin service at Korean Air and the oldest child of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho, speaks to the media upon her arrival for questioning at the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board office of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Seoul, South Korea.

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First Adm. Sigit Setiayana, the Naval Aviation Center commander at the Surabaya air force base, said 12 navy ships, five planes, three helicopters and a number of warships were taking part in the search, along with ships and planes from Singapore and Malaysia. The Australian Air Force also sent a search plane.

Many fishermen from Belitung island have joined in the search, and all vessels in that area of the sea have been alerted to be on the lookout for anything that could be linked to the plane.

The plane’s disappearance and suspected crash caps an astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia, and Malaysia in particular. Malaysia-based AirAsia’s loss comes on top of the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.

“Until today, we have never lost a life,” AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes, who founded the lowcost carrier in 2001, told reporters in Jakarta airport. “But I think that any airline CEO who says he can guarantee that his airline is 100 percent safe, is not accurate.”

He refused to address compensation issues or any changes that may be made to the airline as a result of this incident. “We have carried 220 million people up to this point,” he said.

“Of course, there’s going to be some reaction, but we are confident in our ability to fly people, and we’ll continue to be strong and continue to carry people who never could fly before.” (afp/ap)

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Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla (middle) and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani visit Surabaya, East Java, on Monday, to meet the relatives of the passengers aboard the missing AirAsia aircraft.

Kalla, Puan Maharani met relatives of missing jet’s passangers

JAKARTA - Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani visit Surabaya, East Java, on Monday, to meet the relatives of the passengers aboard the missing AirAsia aircraft.

“The visit is also to review the condition of the crisis center at Juanda Airport in Surabaya,” Husain Abdullah, a spokesman of the vice president, noted on Monday.

Kalla along with his spouse, Mufidah Kalla, and Maharani will leave for Surabaya at 1 p.m. local time.

Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan also join the entourage.

The Singapore-bound plane, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact a few minutes after taking off from Juanda International Airport on Sunday morning, and was believed to have gone missing in the waters between Bangka Belitung and West Kalimantan Provinces.

The AirAsia aircraft, an Airbus 320-200, carried 155 passengers and

seven crew members.

Based on the data received from the Angkasa Pura I airport management company, the plane has two pilots - Captain Iriyanto and First Officer (FO) Remi Emmanuel Plesel, four cabin crew members - Wanti Setiawati, Khairunnisa Haidar Fauzi, Oscar Desano, and Wismoyo Ari Prambudi, along with a technician, Saiful Rakhmad.

According to AirAsia Indonesia, seven foreigners are among the passengers of the missing plane.

The foreign nationals comprise three Koreans, a Singaporean, a British, a Malaysian, and a First Officer (FO) from France.

“While 155 others, including crew members, are Indonesian na-

tionals,” she stated.

In the meantime, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is focusing its search efforts on East Belitung waters to find the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 on Monday, the second day of the search and rescue operations.

“We are conducting search operations in the east off Belitung Island, in accordance with the last contact made by the aircraft,” Basarnas’ Operations Director Air Commodore S.B. Supriyadi noted on Monday.

Basarnas will conduct combing operations in the waters off east Belitung Island to the southeast.

“Later, we will also comb the coastal areas of West Kalimantan,” he added. (ant)

BANDA ACEH - Overwhelmed by fear, members of the main gay rights group in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh started burning piles of documents outside their headquarters in late October, worried that the sharia police would raid them at any moment.

Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh had weeks earlier passed an anti-homosexuality law that punishes anyone caught having gay sex with 100 lashes. Amnesty International criticised it, saying it would add to a climate of homophobia and fear.

“We are more afraid, of course,” said a 31-year-old transgender person who, along with three other members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) group, Violet Grey, burned the pamphlets, group records and other papers.

“As an institution, Violet Grey went as far as removing all documents related to LGBT. We burned them all,” said the group member, who declined to be identified out of fear of being arrested.

The province’s tight-knit gay community, estimated by some at about 1,000 people, has become increasingly marginalized since Aceh was allowed to adopt Islamic sharia law as its legal code. Aceh was granted special regional autonomy as part of a 2005 peace agreement ending a threedecade old separatist insurgency.

After the anti-homosexuality law was passed in September, Violet Grey began warning its 47 members to keep a lower profile and for gay and transgender people to avoid going out together as couples in public.

No one has been arrested under the law, which Aceh officials say will not

be enforced until the end of 2015 to allow residents time to prepare for it.

But this has not eased the fear in the gay community.

Even before the law, life was not easy for gay people in the most religiously conservative part of Indonesia, the north of Sumatra island where Islam first arrived in the archipelago.

The gay community is a target of regular harassment from sharia police and residents. Transgender people are particularly vulnerable because of the difficulty of concealing themselves in public.

In 2011, a transgender make-up artist was stabbed to death in Banda Aceh after she held up a stick in response to a man’s taunts.

Aceh authorities defend the law, saying it does not violate human rights because gay people are free to live together but just can not have sex.

The law also sets out punishment for various acts apart from gay sex including unmarried people engaging in displays of affection, adultery and underage sex.

“It is forbidden because in the sharia context, the act is vile,” Syahrizal Abbas, the head of Aceh’s sharia department, which drew up the law, told Reuters.

“It brings unhealthy psychological impact to human development, and it will affect the community.”

Outside Aceh, Indonesia is generally tolerant of gay people, particularly in urban areas like Jakarta.

Engaging in homosexual acts is not a crime under Indonesia’s national criminal code but remains taboo in many conservative parts of the country, which has the world’s largest Muslim population. (rtr)

JAKARTA - An Indonesian family of 10 said Monday they had a miraculous escape when they arrived too late to catch AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which went missing shortly after takeoff en route to Singapore.

Christianawati, 36, said the 10 of them, who included her family, her mother and her younger brother’s family, were heading to Singapore to celebrate New Year.

The six adults and four children were originally booked on the 7:30 am flight but AirAsia moved them to Flight QZ8501 scheduled for two hours earlier.

“They emailed and called us on

December 15 and 16 to inform us but we missed those calls,” Christianawati said.

“So we arrived at the airport to check in for the 7:30am flight but were told our flights had been rescheduled to 5:30am and we were late. Of course we were angry,” she said.

“While the new tickets were being reissued, we heard that the earlier plane had crashed so we cancelled our flights immediately,” she said.

“I was shocked to hear about it and cried. Maybe it is all God’s plan that my family and I were not on the flight. It was a blessing in disguise,” she said.(afp)

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AirAsia shares lose 8% in Malaysia after jet disappears

KUALA LUMPUR - Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent in Kuala Lumpur on Monday after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.

The firm slumped 12 percent to 2.60 ringgit at the open but recovered slightly to sit at 2.71 ringgit, still down 7.82 percent, at 0600 GMT. The Airbus disappeared en route to Singapore from Surabaya in Indonesia’s east Java after the crew requested a change of flight plan due to stormy weather. Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency said it is likely at the bottom of the sea.

A local broker told AFP investors were continuing to sell AirAsia shares. But selling pressure appeared to be abating as they digested the fact that the missing plane belonged to the Malaysian firm’s Indonesian unit.

Shukor Yusof, founder of aviation research firm Endau Analytics, said investors and creditors would remain firmly behind AirAsia and its CEO Tony Fernandes, who transformed a floundering carrier into Asia’s most

successful budget airline.

“The market reaction is quite natural. I am not surprised,” he said.

“I think investor confidence will return quickly since the airline has a solid business model.”

Indonesia resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn Monday for the Airbus A320-200 plane that went missing in the Java Sea Sunday morning.

Economist Yeah Kim Leng, dean of Malaysia University of Science and Technology School of Business, said any impact on the share price would be short-lived.

“This incident will not dampen air travel on AirAsia because it is a budget carrier which appeals to the mass market amid growing affluence in the region,” he said.

AirAsia, which has never suffered a fatal accident, said the missing jet last underwent maintenance on November 16.

The plane’s disappearance comes

at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysian aviation.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and in July flight MH17 was shot down over troubled Ukraine with the loss of all 298 on board.

AllianceDBS downgraded AirAsia shares from buy to hold for reasons unrelated to the disappearance, saying the company’s debt burden would be heavier next year as the US dollar strengthens.

Analyst Tan Kee Hoong said that with most of AirAsia’s borrowings denominated in dollars, the weaker ringgit would lead to more expensive repayments.

In addition, the airline may not fully benefit from lower oil prices because management had indicated that some of the fuel cost savings will be passed back to consumers via lower fuel surcharges, he said. (afp)

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AirAsia plane taxis, while another is parked on the tarmac at the Changi International Airport on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 in Singapore. Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent in Kuala Lumpur on Monday after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.

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German central bank chief: cheap oil is stimulus

BERLIN — The president of Germany’s central bank is questioning the need for the European Central Bank to embark on a new bond-buying program when the continent is being “gifted a stimulus program” by low oil prices.

The ECB is considering whether and how to offer more stimulus for the sluggish eurozone economy, perhaps in the form of large-scale purchases of government bonds — not a popular idea in Germany.

Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann, a member of the ECB governing council, told Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper that German growth forecasts for next year don’t reflect the extent of the oil price fall — so growth could be better than expected.

He said of possible bond purchases: “We are being gifted a stimulus program, so why top it with monetary policy?” (ap)

Lithuania adopts euro to cement ties with the West

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuania hopes joining the eurozone on January 1 will boost its security at a time of heightened anxiety over Russia, but many in the Baltic state fear the currency switch will also bring price hikes.

The stroke of midnight will signal the end of a year marked by Russian intervention in Ukraine -- the biggest threat to the Baltic states since they broke free from the crumbling Soviet Union around a quarter of a century ago.

NATO has scrambled its fighter jets 150 times this year to escort Russian warplanes skirting the three Baltic states, three times more than last year, according to Lithuania’s defence ministry.

“A single currency in Europe also means more security, and it’s very important when we have such neighbours,” said Vytautas Komka, a 50-something resident of the capital Vilnius.

Fifty-three percent of the population of three million people backed

ditching the litas currency for the euro, while 39 percent were against, according to a November survey released by the central bank.

“Security concerns, I must admit, were among the reasons for the popular support for euro adoption,” Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius told AFP. He hailed the move as “the third most important step in Lithuania’s quest to integrate itself into the Western European community,” after joining the EU and NATO in 2004.

But public support for the euro has wavered, dropping below 50 percent at times in the face of widespread concern over the fallout.

“The euro will not increase pensions or wages, it will only increase prices,” pensioner Danute Petkeviciene told AFP. “But they have already decided,” she said, referring to the central bank’s countdown to when Lithuania becomes eurozone member 19. (afp)

DENPASAR - The existence of shell waste on Serangan Island, Denpasar, is a blessing to the community on the reclaimed island. Amidst the damaged seabed on Serangan Island, some people try to make a creation of shell waste scattered on Serangan Beach into a variety of crafts.

Abundant shell waste on the Serangan Island makes craftsmen not difficult to meet the needs of the market order.

Coordinator of King Saguna House of Shell, I Made Kanan Jaya, is now trying creatively to make lampshade craft by using shell waste. The lampshade using marine shell was made after many foreign travelers got interested in purchasing the results of his shell crafts.

In addition to lampshade, Kanan Jaya admitted that he had made various forms of crafts such as turtle ornament up to bowl, tray and other ceremonial tools. However, these items had a limited market because they were only used by Balinese people. For that reason, he began pioneering to create various lampshades as having a wider market. “Lampshade craft can be accepted by various people, especially foreign travelers,” he said.

A lampshade was sold for IDR 200,000. He claimed that in addition to displaying them in art shops he also received the orders from customers who were

interested. The process of making could take three to five days for making a decorative lighting.

“The making is rather long because it uses fiber and should be dried using sunlight. On cloudy day like today, it will take much longer,” he said.

Associated with raw materials, he claimed to never find difficulty because the shells used to make the crafts were abundantly available on Serangan Beach.

He admitted to using this type of shell living in the mangrove forests that frequently appeared when sea waves reached the Serangan Beach. “On the next temple ceremony at Sakenan Temple, the craft will also be sold as a typical craft of Serangan Island,” he added.

Shell craft has become the source of income for the people of Serangan. Meanwhile, as planned the shell craft would also made a museum to introduce the types of shells on the Island of Serangan including the protected shells. Kanan Jaya added that people who came to Serangan Island would not only buy shell crafts but could also directly learn more about the shells and how to make a craft.

“We started to try in order to be able to make educational tour where visiting traveler will not only buy the craft products, but can also learn more about the shells,” he concluded. (dwa)

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Bali police intensified security measures in Gilimanuk Seaport, Jembrana District, Bali Province, following a video depicting Islamic State’s (IS) threat launched against the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), police, and Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth wing (Banser NU).

Security tightened in Gilimanuk Port

NEGARA - Bali police intensified security measures in Gilimanuk Seaport, Jembrana District, Bali Province, following a video depicting Islamic State’s (IS) threat launched against the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), police, and Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth wing (Banser NU).

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Coordinator of King Saguna House of Shell, I Made Kanan Jaya, is now trying creatively to make lampshade craft by using shell waste.

“We double the security measures in Gilimanuk, both outdoors and indoors. It is an instruction given by our boss,” Jembrana Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Harry Hariyadi noted.

Some anticipatory steps have been taken as the security authorities are seriously acting in response to the challenge and threat posed by the IS, he affirmed.

The efforts to intensify security in Gilimanuk are supported by the Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) and TNI personnel.

“Following the threat, I order officers to increase vigil, particularly in supervising the people entering Bali,” he remarked.

Security along the coastal areas has also been beefed up, with the

cooperation of the local people.

In the meantime, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo stated that the government will take action against IS members who have entered Poso, Central Sulawesi, by deploying TNI personnel in early January 2015.

“The instruction of President Jokowi is to make a clean sweep of the area. All forces of the TNI will be deployed. How come (we have done) nothing against them for the last ten years. Starting next month, we will be going to the field to crush (them),” Minister Kumolo emphasized in Papua, on Sunday.

The home affairs minister affirmed that his ministry has detected 100 foreign fighters of IS, formerly ISIS, who had entered Poso, Central

Sulawesi.

“There are 100 foreigners in Poso, from ISIS (IS) group. If (they) cannot do jihad in Syria, (they launch) jihad in Poso,” the minister noted.

Kumolo, a senior politician of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), said the military will intensify security measures in border areas to prevent IS members from infiltrating into Indonesia.

The Indonesian government has zero tolerance for groups such as IS that will harm national harmony and unity, he noted.

“They will be crushed by the TNI. Every force will be deployed, including from the National Police,” he added. (ant)

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Bali asks for 10 percent of tourism revenue

DENPASAR - Foreign exchange contributions by Bali from the tourism sector are considerable, amounting to more than IDR 40 trillion each year. However, all of this revenue is handed over to the central government, while Bali gets nothing from this tourism revenue.

According to Wiryatama, Bali This reality has caused the ments should be not limited to government of Bali to propose a discourse but should have real is greatly harmed by the present revision of Law No.13/2004 on follow-up. “We the law will law on Financial Balancing of the Financial Balancing of Cen- actually be reviesed and not just Central and Local Governments that allows for excatly nothing to tral and Local Governments. With talked about” he said. this revision Bali would request 10 percent or approximately IDR 4 trillion per year of the tourism revenue to be returned to Bali. “ The government of Bali has sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs requesting a change or revision of the Law( No.13/2004) concerning the Financial Balancing of Central and Local Governments,” said the Head of Bali Revenue Services, Wayan Suarjana).

Until now, the Law on Financial Balancing of Central and Local Governments only provided the distribution or financial balancing of the natural resources sector (such as mining) redistributing 10 percent of revenues to local governments. However, Bali does not produce profits from natural resources, but does produce consideerable amounts of revenue in the toursim sector without receivign any returns Because it has yet to be set forth in the law, Bali has requested a percentage of the revenues from tourism services.

“The law only mentions giving a 10 percent distribution of revenue to regions that have natural resources. So, we expect the law to be revised so that we can be given 10-percent of the revenue from the tourism sector per year,” said Suarjana, adding that the provincial government was still waiting for a reply from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Chairman of the Bali House, Nyoman Adi Wiryatama, confirmed that the fight to revise the law on Financial Balancing of the Central and Local Govern- The tourists are enjoying the beautiful view of the ricefield.

be shared with Bali.

Given such conditions, he invited the governor of Bali and legislators in the Bali House and Central House to seriously fight for the revision of the Law No.13/2004 concerning Financial Balancing of Local and Central

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Governments. In this way Bali could receive considerable financial balancing as a result of gains from the tourism sector which thus far have contributed a huge amount of foreign exchange for the country. “We should be able to get getting financial balancing according to the capital of the region namely the cultural tourism,” said Adi Wiryatama doubling as Secretary of the PDI-P Bali.

He hopes that the legislators in the Bali House and Central House will guard and fight for the proposed revisions to the law. If it such accomadations could be made, Bali would receive extra funding worth IDR 4 trillion per year that could be used to accelerate development in Bali.

“Legislators in the provinces and in the center should jointly initiate the revision of this law, and not remain solely focused on local matters. We must be able to convince the central government to approve the revision of the law,” said the former regent of Tabanan.

He also urged the government of Bali and the people’s representatives to seriously fight for the revision of the law that currently ignores the conditions and needs of Bali. Under the present law, the establishment of the Province of Bali is combined with the NTT and NTB. “Bali’s struggle to demand rights from the central government must be done diplomatically, not anarchically and sporadically. Such a struggle be fought consistently. We must not let ourselves be overlooked or be lulled into complainsance by being lauded for good tourism in Bali without actually gainning anything concrete” said Adi Wiryatama who received the highest number of votes in the current legislative elections for the Bali House. (kmb29)

Avalanche, dozens of vehicles get stuck

GIANYAR - Disaster alerts were declared for the entire region of Gianyar following disasters hitting the regions. After heavy rains engulfed Gianyar over the past few days, people were evaluated on Sunday (Dec 28), dozens of vehicles were stuck after an avalanche occurred that closed the road between Buahan - Payangan.

12 hours of rain on Saturday made soil conditions unstable.

The evacuation resulting form the avalanche on the Buahan-Payangan road section took up to 6 hours. Officers of the Gianyar Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) deployed early in the morning were only able to reopen the road around 07:00 on Sunday morning. Dozens of vehicles were stuck at Buahan because the road had a quite steep terrain.

As a result, many vehicles from Buahan wishing to go to Payangan

were trapped by the avalanche.

Aside from the avalanche, the Payangan area also suffered damages to infrastructure caused by flooding. The Municipality Waterworks (PDAM) intake pump was flooded by mud. Managing Director of the PDAM Gianyar, Made Sastra Kencana, admitted that the made in Malaysia intake pump station could deliver around 100 liters per second for the area of Payangan, Ubud,

Gianyar and Sukawati. “Hopefully, the water supply from the pump station at Tempus River can return to normal tomorrow,” he said.

Other than Payangan, volatility in soil conditions also occurred at Mas village, Ubud, also causing avalanches. The Head of Gianyar Disaster Mitigation Agency, Anak Agung Oka Digjaya, said the avalanche at Mas village caused a motorcycle owned by local resident

parked in the north of Dalem Pule Temple to be swept away by the avalanche and was then found to be buried in the river. Ultimately, it could be successfully evacuated.

In addition, a building owned by Headman of Mas was partially eroded. Similar avalanches also occurred at Bayad hamlet, Sebatu village and Mancawarna village, Tampaksiring subdistrict. (kmb16)

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Obama: Longest war in US history is ending

HONOLULU — President Barack Obama says the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion. Obama is welcoming the end of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan. The war came to a formal end Sunday with a ceremony in Kabul.

Obama says in a statement that the effort has devastated alQaida’s core leadership, brought justice to Osama bin Laden and disrupted terrorist plots. He says U.S. troops and diplomats have

helped Afghans reclaim their communities and move toward democracy.

Obama is also honoring the more than 2,200 Americans who have died in Afghanistan since the

war started 13 years ago. Obama says those years have tested the U.S. and its military. From a peak 140,000 troops in 2010, the U.S. and NATO plan to leave just 13,500 behind.(ap)

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FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, a surveillance camera is seen in front of the Google China headquarters in Beijing, China. Connections to Google Inc.’s popular email service have been blocked in China amid efforts by the government to limit access to the company’s services.

Traffic to Gmail from China cut, regulators suspected

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President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Monday, Dec. 15, 2014.

Turkish cargo ship sinks in Adriatic, 2 dead, 4 missing

ROME — A Turkish cargo ship collided with another merchant vessel and sank near a foggy Italian port in the northern Adriatic on Sunday, killing two crew members and leaving four others missing in cold, rough seas, officials said.

Coast Guard Cmdr. Franco Maltese said six crew members were initially rescued and brought to the port of Marina di Ravenna;

one of those rescued later died in the hospital. He said searchers spotted what was believed to be a corpse in the choppy waters, and Ravenna’s fire department confirmed that that body was found and brought ashore.

The search for the four still missing was suspended due to darkness. The 86-meter-long (290-foot) Turkish ship Gokbel

went down after colliding with the 97-meter (320-foot) Belizeflagged Lady Aziza, which was still seaworthy and was being brought to port as part of the investigation, Maltese said. No one was hurt aboard the Lady Aziza.

The Gokbel was leaving port and the Lady Aziz was entering when the collision occurred, he said.(ap)

BEIJING — Connections to Google Inc.’s popular email service have been blocked in China amid efforts by the government to limit access to the company’s services. Records from Google’s Transparency Report show online traffic from China to Gmail dropped to nearly zero on Saturday, although there was a tiny pickup on Monday.

Calls to the regulator, the China Internet Information Office, were unanswered Monday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying did not confirm the block but said China welcomes foreign investors who legally conduct business in China.

Google closed its mainland China search engine in 2009, saying it would no longer cooperate with the country’s censors. That followed hacking attacks traced

to China aimed at stealing the company’s operating code and breaking into email accounts.

Since then, access to Google services has been periodically limited or blocked, possibly in an effort to encourage Chinese users of Google products to shift to domestic companies willing to cooperate with the government.

Web access to Gmail has been blocked since June, according to Greatfire.org, a China-based advocacy group for Internet freedom, but users had been able to access the service through mobile apps or third-party email software such as Microsoft Outlook until the current block.

Taj Meadows, a spokesman for Google Asia Pacific, said Google has checked its email service and “there’s nothing technically wrong on our end.”(ap)

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Dutch scientists use smell to recreate JFK, Diana and other famous deaths BREDA, Netherlands - Dutch scientists are recreating the deaths of some of the world’s most famous personalities by reconstructing their last moments using scents and sounds.

From the sweet smell of Jacqueline Kennedy’s perfume mingled with the scent of John F. Kennedy’s blood to Whitney Houston’s last drug-fuelled moments in a Beverly Hills bathtub, scientists at Breda university say they offer visitors a unique, if somewhat macabre, historical snapshot.

“We all have seen the images of JFK’s assassination, but what did it smell like?” asks Frederik Duerinck, from the communication and multimedia design faculty of Breda’s Avans university of applied sciences.

To find out, visitors with a sense of the morbid are invited to lie in a series of four silver metal boxes similar to those found in a morgue.

The boxes, which are pitch-dark inside, are rigged with pipes leading to bottles containing pressurised smells.

A soundtrack is played and on queue different scents are released into the box to recreate a specific “final moment.”

For around five minutes, visitors can relive the smells and sounds believed to have surrounded four people whose deaths are etched into the world’s collective memory: Kennedy (1963); Princess Diana (1997); Moamer Kadhafi (2011) and Whitney Houston (2012).

For instance, those wanting to experience Houston’s final moments are transported to a bathtub at the upmarket Beverly Hills hotel where the diva died in February 2012 at age 48.

A coroner ruled that the singing legend died of accidental drowning, with cocaine and heart disease

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memory.

Odours are often used in the retail industry to trigger a buying mood in customers.

In the coming months the installation will be taken across Europe.

“We’ve conducted extensive research,” said Wander Eikenboom, another lecturer at Avans about the authenticity of the experience.

“There’s already a lot of information available on the Internet, such as what perfume Jackie Kennedy or JFK were wearing,” said Eikenboom.

“Whitney Houston’s autopsy report for instance, is also available,” he added.

But the scientists admit battling to recreate the right scent for Jackie

Gengo Tanaka from Japan’s Kumamoto University, who co-authored the study in the journal Nature Communications.

It is rare for palaeontologists to find eye remains, as the soft tissue generally decays within 64 days, the authors of the study said.

However, the Hamilton Quarry in Kansas is a treasure trove of unusually well-preserved fossils -- an entire ecosystem having been rapidly buried under sediment.

They included the extinct fish

Acanthodes bridgei -- among the oldest known vertebrates with jaws.

It had a long, streamlined body and fins with spines, is believed to have lived in shallow, brackish water, and died out at the end of the Permian period about 250 million years ago when nearly 90 percent of species disappeared in the largest extinction in Earth’s history.

An A. bridgei specimen found at the quarry retained elements of the original eye colour and shape,

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TIF Fashion Shows Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) remained vivacious to resume the activities. It presented various cultural wealth of the archipelago during the event that held from December 24 until 31, 2014. Fashion shows that performed during the event are main attraction for visitors who curious about the traditional clothes of seven provinces that participate in the TIF.

One by one of the seats looked to be occupied after the MC announced if the event would soon start. Appearance of Balawan with his ethnic fusion opened the event vivaciously. Simple appearance but the music could arouse the passion.

The longer, the more vibrant the atmosphere was felt.

“We’d just like to show the best performance owned by this archipelago,” said Herlinda Siahaan, President Director of PT Konderatu Duta Nusantara. She continued, “No matter who is watching, we just want to show off our seriousness in displaying the cultural wealth of the archipelago,” she added.

Meanwhile, the Konderatu Beach Club also served typical

Appearance of Balawan with his ethnic fusion. cuisines of the archipelago perfectly packed with magnificent nuances of Indonesia.

After that, it was resumed with fashion show featuring the wealth of the archipelagic clothes designed

by Yoyo Prasetyo. First appearance was showing off the Balinese woven clothes known as endek.

Furthermore, the presentation of coastal batik was accompanied with the strains of music. All the models

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walked and swung while demonstrating the elegance of woven fabric belonging to East Nusa Tenggara. Similarly, the Ulos clothes were also equally stunning.

Balawan came again to present his music and song. Ultimately, it was the turn of fashion show of products designed by Monica Weber nicely wrapping the body of the models swinging on the stage. (may)

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Seafood dominates the culinary presentation at TIF

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Kennedy’s perfume, which is no longer made. “We had to rebuild something that resembled it as closely as possible,” said scientist Mark Meeuwenoord.

The inventors of the “final mo-

ments” smells said in any case, exact historical accuracy was not their aim.

Rather, they wanted to explore new ways of “smelling” old stories. (afp)

Fish eye sheds light on colour vision PARIS - A fish eye from a primitive time when Earth was but one single continent, has yielded evidence of colour vision dating back at least 300 million years, researchers said.

Analysing the fossilised remains of a fish from the “spiny shark” family that lived long before the dinosaurs, scientists discovered light-sensing “rod” and “cone” eye cells -- the oldest ever found.

“This is the first discovery of vertebrate retinal fossils,” said

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MANGUPURA - On day five, the Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) remained vivacious to resume the activities.

It presented various cultural wealth of the archipelago, Sunday (Dec 28). A variety of the cultural richness of the archipelago from East Kalimantan, Bali and East Java were performed at the open stage.

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listed as contributing factors.

To the sounds of splashing water and Houston’s voice, a visitor first gets a whiff of generic cleaner, used in hotels around the world, followed by the olive oil the singer used in her tub.

Then a strong chemical odour, similar to that of cocaine fills the box, grabbing its occupant by the throat, followed by the sound of rushing water and then silence.

“Smell is rarely used in communication and we wanted to explore its uses,” said Duerinck. “It’s a very powerful means of communication.”

Scientists have proved that smells are linked to the part of the brain that regulates emotion and

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and a light-absorbing pigment in the retina.

The remains had been preserved under a thin coating of phosphate, Tanaka told AFP. Analysis of the tissue “provides the first record of mineralised rods and cones in a fossil,” said the study.

These, combined with lightabsorbing melanin pigments, suggested the fish was “probably” able to see in low light using highlysensitive rod cells, and by day using

cone cells.

In modern animals, cone cells respond individually to light at specific wavelengths, thus allowing observation of different colours.

“The presence of cones indicates that A. bridgei likely possessed colour vision”, the study said -- though conclusive evidence is needed.

Vision is thought to have existed for at least 520 million years, but this is the first direct evidence of colour-sensitive receptors. (afp)

MANGUPURA - Seafood was the most dominant menu served daily at the Timeless Indonesia Festival (TIF) taking place on December 24-31.

Herlinda Siahaan, President Director of PT Konderatu Duta Nusantara, confirmed the matter. It was also supported by the venue of the Timeless Indonesia Festival strategically located by the sea. On that account, seafood was the main menu on every dish cooked in appropriate with traditional food seasoning of each province. “Yes, the dominant menu was seafood cooked pursuant to typical traditional seasoning of every province,” she said Monday (Dec 29).

At the opening ceremony of the TIF on Wednesday (Dec 24), the invited guests were served with menus dominated by seafood cuisine. Surely, the taste of Indonesia dominated every menu. Some menu contents such as fried flour-coated shrimp, fried calamari and spicy seasoning little tuna embellished the table of the buffet menu. As the dessert, assorted tropical fruits including pineapple, watermelon and melon mixed together into a drink were served so that it was similar to cocktails.

Herlinda Siahaan also explained the distinctive cuisines served each day were according to the province featured on that day. “Every day, we present a unique culinary treasure of this

archipelago in accordance with the province making a performance,” she said Monday (Dec 29). Then, she added if the cuisine was cooked by chef of Konderatu and the province featured on the day.

Billions of rupiahs

The organizer of the Timeless Indonesia Festival held during a week prepared the budget worth billions of rupiahs to make the event a success. “With the investment, we hope to draw tourist arrival to Bali during the implementation of the festival,” said Herlinda.

In addition, she also wished there would be transactions on a number of typical handicrafts coming from the seven provinces taking part in the Timeless Indonesia Festival. She added the festival held for the first time on the Island of the Gods was followed by seven provinces namely the East Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, North Sumatra, North Sulawesi, East Java, South Sulawesi and Bali as the host. “This festival will become a gateway to promote tourism potential of Indonesia,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Section Head of the Development and Cultural Arts, the Bontang Government Tourism Office, East Kalimantan, Diah Rahmawati during the press gathering recently said that she was proud of participating in the Timeless Indonesia Festival in Bali. “This is

Schedule of TIF December 30 - 31, 2014

------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date Event Time Place -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 30 Showing tourism and culinary East Java

potential of East Java 10.00-16.00 Stage

Dinner 17.30-18.30

Performance of ethnic music,

dance, fashion show 19.00-21.00

Closing 21.00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec 31 Showing tourism and culinary North Sumatera

potential of North Sumatera 10.00-16.00 Stage

Dinner 17.30-18.30

Performance of ethnic music,

dance, fashion show 19.00-21.00

Closing 21.00 a golden opportunity for promoting our tourism potential so as to attract more travelers to visit the town of Bontang,” she said.

Her party showcase a number of distinctive art creations owned by Bontang and a number of other unique handicrafts. (may)

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Banjar hot springs thronged by visitors

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Indonesian Minister for Small and Middle Class Industry AA Ngurah Puspayoga accompanied by Sri Rahayu, The coordinator of Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara looking at the paiting exhibited in the event

Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara Provide Space for Art and Culture Denpasar, Bali Post

Bale Banjar Bali Global Shankara is officially opened by Indonesian Minister for Small and Middle Class Industry AA Ngurah Puspayoga along with The Head of Bali Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) who also and elder in Puri Ubud and The Head of Bali Post Media Group who is also The Head of Dharma Naradha Foundation ABG Satria Naradha on Sunday, December 28.

The opening of the place was marked by playing Balinese traditional puppet or Wayang. Pupayoga also signed a wood symbolizing that the place could become the area to develop small industries in Bali. “I’ve come here very often. There is a great culinary market every Sunday and I know the development of Shankara since the beginning,” he added.

Puspayoga also hope that

the place can be an example for other place to do the same so the art and culture in Bali can be preserved and also the Balinese small industries can develop.

Meanwhile, Cokorda Artha Ardana Sukawati or often called Cok Ace stated that Shankara is different with the other restaurant because it also provide cultural show and also act as gallery. “The restaurant can add the attraction of Sanur as one of

the favorite tourism destination in Bali,” he added.

During the opening ceremony there were various performances such as Pendet Dance, fashion show from recycled materials, music from Planet Bamboo and performance by a child “dalang” I Made Duwung Bandanagara from Desa Tunjuk, Tabanan. There is also paintings exhibition from Antonius Kho and I Made Somadita. (kmb32)

SINGARAJA - Following the feast days of Galungan and Kuningan this year, some tourist attractions in Buleleng seemed to be thronged by visitors. Most of the visitors were local and domestic travelers.

One such attraction was the hot springs at Munduk hamlet, Banjar village, Banjar subdistrict. Over the holidays, the hot springs, which are believed to have healing powers, were quite crowded with over 1000 visitors, mostly from Jakarta and Surabay with very few foreign tourits..

Banjar Hot Spring Manager, Ida Kade Mangku, said the tourist visits on the Galungan and Kuningan feast days were slightly less than last year possibly due to recent heavy rains..

“Despite being crowded this year, it is nonethelss less than last year.

We hope there will be more visitors

for New Years celebrations” he said.

There were also crowds at the other attractions in Buleleng such as at the project area of Titab Reservoir, Busungbiu subdistrict. Although it is still under construction the site was still busy with people lounging around and enjoying the view of and atmosphere of the valley which has just begun to be flooded.

Eka, a visitor from Tabanan, said that he visited the Titab Reservoir because it was relatively close to his home, so that it did not require any great expense holyday receration.

Also Eka and his familywere curious to see the dam building because so far they had only seen it on the news.

In fact, this place is quite interesting.

Moreover, our area is very far frm other tourist attractions, so that this place is great destination for family recreation,” he said. (kmb38)

Due to thunderstorm

Fishermen go home empty-handed

NEGARA - A storm occurred in the Straits of Bali over past week, has caused fishermen in Jembrana go home empty-handed. Such conditions caused fishermen to shore faster than usual, prioritizing their safety over potential catches.

“We have been going home without fish for two days due to the thunderstorm (at sea),” said Andi, one of the crew members of the Purse Seine fishing boat from Pengambengan, Monday (Dec 29). As a result of the storm, the boat had troble navigating its way home. Other than being tossed by sea waves, our visibility was also limited due to heavy rain. At that time, a shoal of fish usually seen on the surface suddenly vanished.

The crews of fishing boast were also reluctant to throw their nets, afraid that their nets would be damaged due to crashing waves. According to Andi, the storm at sea was difficult to predict.

Such conditions were also recognized Captain. Bisri, who revealed that he often encounters storms at sea, so that he just could resigns.

When facing such conditions, he

asks his crew to turn off the engine and let the boat go with the flow. If not, the boat could be damaged or dragged down or get los at seat. They would only turn the engine back when the boat was wahed toward shore so as to avoid running aground. During storms, fishing is put on hold.

Meanwhile, traditional fishermen at Perancak and Cupel simply go home when they see indications of a storm.

They are at greater risk because their boats are small and their engine power slight. “As soon as we see signs of a storm, we immediately return to shore.

Usually we cluster at sea and watch each other,” said Wayan Armawa, one of the traditional fishermen.

Indeed, it is also trying to make their way back to shore. Large waves can easily capsize theri boats.

“Capsizing is commonplace, it’s the risk we take. But the most painful is when the engine and fishing gear lost,” added Sukari, a fisherman from Air Kuning. Even if they safely reach the beach in safety, if their gear is lost it is a very profound disapointment. (kmb26)

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Alana Hotel to open in Yogyakarta JAKARTA - After the success of Indonesia’s first Alana Hotel in Surabaya, Archipelago International now has its sights set on Yogyakarta for the growth of its contemporary 4-star Alana brand, with the unveiling of The Alana Hotel & Convention Center – Yogyakarta set to open in February 2015. With a number of modern meetings and MICE facilities and the largest ball room the area, the hotel will be the biggest convention center hotel in the region and further establish Yogyakarta as Indonesia’s best convention destination after Bali.

Alana Hotels, which take their name from the Hawaiian word for “precious”, are a brainchild of Archipelago International, the Indonesian-based hotel operator with Hawaiian roots well know for popular hotel labels as Aston, favehotel, Hotel NEO and HARPER. Conceptualized as sophisticated yet friendly 4 star designer hotels, the Alana brand offers both style and unprecedented levels of service to its guests.

Bringing the signature Alana feel to the city, The Alana Hotel & Convention

Center – Yogyakarta will be located within Mataram City, Yogyakarta’s most ambitious mixed-used development complex which consists of the Alana Hotel, its top notch Convention Centers and a lifestyle mall. Easy to access, the hotel is also conveniently close to Adisucipto International airport, Borobudur, Jalan Malioboro and the city center.

The hotel will feature 269 rooms and suites over three room types, each one adorned with a timeless contemporary

design that captures an admiration for Javanese traditions. For meeting planners and large scale event organizers, the convention facilities include 10 meeting rooms and a superb ballroom that can accommodate up to 2000 persons. For both business and pleasure, the hotel will also boast a coffee shop and a lounge, as well as an outdoor swimming pool, a spa and a gym for downtime.

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Tourism does not only focus on services but also facilities leading to the ‘need and want’. It’s the principle of General Manager of the Grand Inna Kuta Hotel, I Ketut Wirya Negara.

“Yes, we would like to give a new touch to comfort and convenience of guests,” he said.

Wirya Negara delivered that when guests spent holidays in Bali, they wanted to relax and enjoy their holidays. Similarly, their need also varied, so it was important to meet their ‘want.’ “This hotel has actually owned a spa. However, to make guests more satisfied, we did improvisation and developed it further,” he said.

Meanwhile, the gym, he added, would provide additional facilities so that guests would not easily get bored.

The hotel was located near the beach and those who came mostly for holidays. “The presence of gym at hotel can give an additional and good image. Moreover, guests coming to Bali are not just staying at hotel and having

an excursion, but also wishing to be healthy and relaxed,” he explained.

Aside from the spa and gym having close relation to the ‘want’ of tourists, Wirya Negara stated there were other important things highly supporting the tourism, namely the environment.

“Comfort, cleanliness and security include the ‘need’ of tourists. They come here for a holiday. So, when they are encountering congestion and rubbish, it will certainly have a negative impact on tourism,” he said.

Then, how about the quality of hotel? This friendly man from Tabanan delivered he would continue to manage, maintain and even increase it. “Taking care of the hotel is almost the same as taking care of a region.

At hotel, people come from different parts of the world. Therefore, we do not only need to improve the quality of products and services, but also the hospitality. Guests will not be happy when they are treated with bad mood,” he said. (ocha)

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Alana Hotel here in Yogyakarta. This vibrant, cultural city is the perfect location for the hotel’s contemporary MICE facilities, and since it is set to become the largest convention centre hotel in Yogya, we are confident that the hotel will help cater to the growing business market in the region.” Said Mr. Norbert Vas, VP of Sales & Marketing Archipelago International.

In addition to the Alana in Yogyakarta, Archipelago has also two large scale Alana Hotels in the pipeline for Bogor and Solo set to open towards year end of 2015. (r)

Balinese Temple Ceremony Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or “ Odalan “, every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.

The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.

The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.

In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the “umbulumbul”, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up “Penjor”, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land.

Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.

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LOS ANGELES — Alicia Keys gave birth to son Genesis Ali Dean early Saturday morning. It’s baby number two for the Grammy-winner and husband, producer-rapper Swizz Beatz, who are also parents to 4-year-old Egypt Daoud.

The 33-year-old singer shared the news on her Instagram account, Sunday, with a photo of Genesis’s footprints.

The image also details that the baby was born at 1:52 a.m. and weighs 6 pounds, 5 ounces (2.86 kilograms).

Keys expressed excitement in her social media captions, saying that “the joy of joy is joy” and that she is grateful. (ap)

JAKARTA - An object spotted during a sea search for an AirAsia plane was not from the 100 miles (160 kilometers) off cenaircraft, Indonesia’s vice president said Monday, after reports that an Australian surveillance tral Kalimantan. That’s about 700 miles (1,120 kilometers) from the aircraft had found something.

Cyndi Lauper’s South Korea concerts canceled

Chris Rock and wife headed for divorce LOS ANGELES — Comedian Chris Rock filed for divorce from his wife Malaak Compton-Rock, a statement from his representative confirmed Sunday.

The statement went on to specify that Rock and his family request privacy as they go through this process because it is a personal matter.

Rock and philanthropist Malaak Compton-Rock had been married for 19 years and have two daughters, Lola Simone, 12, and Zahra Savannah, 10. (ap)

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SEOUL - Cyndi Lauper, an American pop star of the 1980s, has canceled her planned concerts in South Korea to mark the 30th anniversary of her debut solo album, a local organizer said Sunday.

Lauper planned to hold two concerts at Seoul’s Olympic Park on Jan. 23-24 as part of the “She’s So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour” that began in June 2013 and has taken her to 56 cities around the world.

“The decision has been made in consultation with the artist,” YESCOM Entertainment said, without giving a specific reason.

Industry watchers said lackluster ticket sales may be responsible for

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the cancellation.

The 61-year-old pop star held her first concert in South Korea in 1989.

Lauper surged to stardom in 1983 with her debut album that sold 30 million copies worldwide.

She has established herself as a pop icon, winning awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tony Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards.

In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy for best theater musical album for the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots,” which she composed and wrote the music for. (ant)

“It has been checked and no sufficient evidence was found to confirm what was reported,” Jusuf Kalla told a press conference at Surabaya airport from where the ill-fated plane departed.

Kalla said there were 15 ships and 30 aircraft searching the area.

“It is not an easy operation in the sea, especially in bad weather like this,” he said.

Indonesian Air Force spokesman Hadi Tjahjanto told AFP the search was now focused on a patch of oil spotted off Belitung island in the Java Sea. “We are making sure whether it was avtur (aviation fuel) from the AirAsia plane or from a vessel because that location is a shipping line,” he said.

Australia, Singapore and Malaysia have deployed planes and ships to assist in the Indonesian search for Flight QZ8501, which disappeared over the Java Sea on Sunday en route to Singapore.

Oily Spot

An Indonesian helicopter searching for the missing AirAsia jetliner saw two oily spots in the water Monday, and an Australian search plane spotted objects elsewhere in the Java Sea, but it was too early to know whether either was connected to the aircraft and its 162 passengers and crew.

In any case, officials saw little reason to believe AirAsia Flight 8501 met anything but a grim fate after it disappeared from radar Sunday morning over the Java Sea.

Wary of bad weather, one of the pilots had asked to raise the plane’s altitude just before it vanished, but was not allowed because another aircraft was in the way.

“Based on the coordinates that we know, the evaluation would be that any estimated crash position is in the sea, and that the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” Indonesia search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said.

The Airbus A320-200 vanished in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.

Jakarta’s Air Force base commander Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto said an Australian Orion aircraft had detected “suspicious” objects near Nangka island about

location where the plane lost contact, but within Monday’s greatly expanded search area.

“However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane,” Putranto said. “We are now moving in that direction, which is in cloudy conditions.”

Air Force spokesman Rear Marshal Hadi Tjahnanto told MetroTV that an Indonesian helicopter spotted two oily spots in the Java Sea east of Belitung island, much closer to where the plane lost contact than the objects viewed from the Australian plane.

He said oil samples would be collected and analyzed to see if they are connected to the missing plane.

The last communication from the cockpit to air traffic control was a request by one of the pilots

to increase altitude from 32,000 feet (9,754 meters) to 38,000 feet (11,582 meters) because of the rough weather. Air traffic control was not able to immediately grant the request because another plane was in the airspace, said Bambang Tjahjono, director of the stateowned company in charge of airtraffic control.

By the time clearance could be given, Flight 8501 had disappeared, Tjahjono said. The twinengine, single-aisle plane, which never sent a distress signal, was last seen on radar four minutes after the last communication from the cockpit.

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Flight altitudes AirAsia flight QZ8501, which lost contact with air traffic controllers during a flight from Surabaya to Singapore on Sunday, had been flying lower than several other airliners in the vicinity. The plane disappeared five minutes after its request to increase altitude to avoid clouds had been turned down due to traffic in the area.

IN THE AREA

Seven other planes, including two other AirAsia jets on a similar route, were nearby when flight QZ8501 lost contact at 06:17 local time Sunday.

FLIGHT LEVELS

At time of QZ8501’s disappearance, in thousands of feet 38 37

AirAsia 550 Bali to Kuala Lumpur

Lion Air 720

36

Lion Air 763

AirAsia 8501 (Last known location)

Lion Air 626 Emirates 409

AirAsia 502 Bali to Singapore

Lion Air 626

Lion Air 720

Emirates 409

Garuda 531

AirAsia 550

Lion Air 763

35 34

Garuda 531

AirAsia 502

33 32

AirAsia 8501

SINGAPORE

INDONESIA

50 miles 50 km

Sources: Reuters; Flightradar24 F. Chan, 29/12/2014

Airliners within 200 km of flight 8501 when it contact 20lost 0-km radius

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Jakarta Surabaya

An object spotted during a sea search for an AirAsia plane was not from the aircraft, Indonesia’s vice president said Monday, after reports that an Australian surveillance aircraft had found something.